refuser

Il était naturel que la bourgeoisie n'osât pas, dans les conditions créées, éditer sa presse et que les ouvriers typographes, maîtres des imprimeries, refusassent carrément de l'imprimer.
It was natural that the bourgeoisie would not dare, in the circumstances, to publish its press, and that the printing workers, masters of the printing houses, would flatly refuse to print it.
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