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To deney; to reject; to renounce. [Obs.] For he made every man reneye his law. Chaucer.

A rank; a row. [Obs.] "In two renges fair." Chaucer.

The act of rebuilding a nest.

Having the form or shape of a kidney; as, a reniform mineral; a reniform leaf.

The state or quality of being renitent; resistance; reluctance. Sterne. We find a renitency in ourselves to ascribe life and irritability to the cold and motionless fibers of plants. E. Darwin.

ure or the effect of it; acting against impluse by elastic force. "[Muscles] soft and yet renitent." Ray.

To plunder; -- only in the phrase "to rape and renne." See under Rap, v. t., to snatch. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A runner. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A name of many different kinds of apples. Cf. Reinette. Mortimer.

Provided or treated with rennet. [R.] "Pressed milk renneted." Chapman.

Same as 1st Rennet.

See 2d Rennet. [Obs.] Asses' milk is holden for to be thickest, and therefore they use it instead of renning, to turn milk. Holland.

Renown. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ecline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land or to a throne.

The act of disclaiming or rejecting; renunciation. Shak.

One who renounces.

To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew. All nature feels the reniovating force Of winter. Thomson.

The act or process of renovating; the state of being renovated or renewed. Thomson. There is something inexpressibly pleasing in the annual renovation of the world. Rabbler.

One who, or that which, renovates. Foster.

To renew; to renovate. [Obs.] Chaucer.