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renvoy

renvoy noun: a sending back.

Noun

renvoy (plural renvoys)

  1. (obsolete) A sending back.

Verb

renvoy (third-person singular simple present renvoys, present participle renvoying, simple past and past participle renvoyed)

  1. (obsolete) To send back or away.
    • Not dismissing or renvoying her.1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret...

Forms of renvoy

Noun
pluralrenvoys
Verb
third-person singular presentrenvoys
present participlerenvoying
past participlerenvoyed
pastrenvoyed

Origin of renvoy

French renvoi (noun), renvoyer (verb).

Questions about renvoy

What does renvoy mean?
Renvoy means a sending back.
What part of speech is renvoy?
Renvoy can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of renvoy?
The plural of renvoy is renvoys.

Words near renvoy in the dictionary

  1. Renville County
  2. Renvilles
  3. renvoi
  4. renvois
  5. Renvoize
  6. renvoy
  7. renvoyed
  8. renvoying
  9. renvoys
  10. Renwanz
  11. Renwick

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