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renayed

renayed is the simple past and past participle of renay.

Meaning of renay

Verb

renay (third-person singular simple present renays, present participle renaying, simple past and past participle renayed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To renounce (one’s faith or god), to apostasize from.
    • […] Mammolukes and Geniſaries about yͤ Turk and Sowdã [Sowdan, i.e., Sudan], haue vſed to chriſten their children of purpoſe, that by the renayĩg [renaying] of their fayth, after, they might be made Mammolukes or Geniſaries, as theyr fathers were, and may be had the more in eſtimacion & fauour...1528, Thomas More, “A Dialogue Concernynge Heresyes & Matters of Religion […]. Chapter 15. That Princes be Boundẽ [Bounden] to Punish Heretykes, and that Fayre Handelyng Helpeth Litle with Many of...
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To take back, to recant (something one says or believes).
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To reject, to deny the truth of (a statement).

Adjective

renayed (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Apostate, having renounced one’s faith or god.
    • You know our armie is inuincible:
      As many circumcized Turkes we haue,
      And warlike bands of Chriſtians renyed,
      As hath the Ocean or the Terrene ſea
      Small drops of water, […]c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...

Questions about renayed

What does renayed mean?
Renayed means apostate, having renounced one’s faith or god.
What is renayed the simple past and past participle of?
Renayed is the simple past and past participle of renay.
What part of speech is renayed?
Renayed is an adjective.

Words near renayed in the dictionary

  1. renavigated
  2. renavigates
  3. renavigating
  4. renavigation
  5. renay
  6. renayed
  7. renaying
  8. renays
  9. renban line
  10. renban lines
  11. rench

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