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renig

renig verb: to renege.

Verb

renig (third-person singular simple present renigs, present participle renigging, simple past and past participle renigged)

  1. (US, colloquial, dated) To renege.
    • My partner held the winning trick, and when the last card was on the board the score stood four to four. […] [T]he next gentleman will kindly follow suit — there is no renigging in this game — and the gentleman on my right will do the same.1897, Munsey's Magazine, volume 16, page 559
    • […] cutting, shuffling, playing, revoking, discarding, renigging.1900, William Hardcastle Browne, Odd Derivations of Words, Phrases, Slang, Synonyms and Proverbs

Forms of renig

third-person singular presentrenigs
present participlerenigging
past participlerenigged
pastrenigged

Origin of renig

Originally a misspelling of renege.

Questions about renig

What does renig mean?
Renig means to renege.
What part of speech is renig?
Renig is a verb.
What is the past tense of renig?
The past tense of renig is renigged.

Words near renig in the dictionary

  1. renifleur
  2. renifleurs
  3. reniform
  4. reniformin
  5. reniformly
  6. renig
  7. renigged
  8. renigging
  9. renigs
  10. renilla
  11. renillas

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