Etymology 3

Apparently from Old French refuse (French refusé), past participle of refuser ‘to refuse'.

Etymology 4

From French refuser, from popular Latin *refusare, from the past participle of refundere ‘refund.

3. (noun) refuse
that which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter

THINK

 O.E. þencan "conceive in the mind, think, consider, intend" (past tense þohte, p.p. geþoht), probably originally "cause to appear to oneself," from P.Gmc. *thankjan (cf. O.Fris. thinka, O.S. thenkian, O.H.G. denchen, Ger. denken, O.N. þekkja, Goth. þagkjan); O.E. þencan is the causative form of the distinct O.E. verb þyncan "to seem or appear" (past tense þuhte, pp. geþuht), from P.Gmc. *thunkjan (cf. Ger. dünken, däuchte). Both are from PIE *tong- "to think, feel" which also is the root of thought and thank. The two meanings converged in M.E. and þyncan "to seem" was absorbed, except for archaic methinks "it seems to me." Jocular pp. thunk (not historical, but by analogy of drink, sink, etc.) is recorded from 1876.

1. (v.i.) think
to
have a conscious mind, capable of reasoning, remembering, and making rational
decisions.

2. think
to employ one's mind
rationally in evaluating a given situation:
Think
carefully.

3. think
to have a certain thing as
the subject of one's
thoughts:
thinking about
school.

4. think
to call something to one's
conscious mind:
to think of a
number.

5. think
to consider something as a
possible
action:
to think about cutting one's
hair.

6. think
to invent or conceive of
something: