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Definition of Declined
1. a. Declinate.
Definition of Declined
1. Verb. (past of decline) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Declined
1. decline [v] - See also: decline
Lexicographical Neighbors of Declined
Literary usage of Declined
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Agricola and Germania by Cornelius Tacitus (1894)
"It was again declined, with the apology : " I must really beg you to excuse me :
I have declined Persicus' subscription too ". ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Babylonian Monarchy declined rapidly. A new (4) The Restoration under Cyrus: ...
Semitic cities and districts rose or declined with the shrines of their ..."
3. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1899)
"In fact I repeatedly declined to give any theory of how the belief arose. ...
I have stated none; I have declined to state any; but now I will venture on a ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1904)
"But as the defendants do not get them from the telegraph companies authorized to
distribute them, have declined to sign the above-mentioned contracts, ..."
5. Hunger by Knut Hamsun (1921)
"The wind blew lustily through the chestnut trees around me, and the day declined.
After all, was it not rather petty to come slinking up with six ..."
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