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renaying

renaying is the present participle and gerund 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).

Questions about renaying

What is renaying the present participle and gerund of?
Renaying is the present participle and gerund of renay.

Words near renaying in the dictionary

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

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