Re*nounce" (r&esl;*nouns"), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Renounced (-nounst");
p. pr. & vb. n. Renouncing (-noun"s?ng).] [F.
renoncer, L. renuntiare to bring back word, announce,
revoke, retract, renounce; pref. re- re- + nuntiare to
announce, fr. nuncius, a messenger. See Nuncio, and
cf. Renunciation.] 1. To declare
against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or
acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a
title to land or to a throne.
2. To cast off or reject deliberately; to
disown; to dismiss; to forswear.
This world I do renounce, and in your sights
Shake patiently my great affliction off.
Shak.
3. (Card Playing) To disclaim having a
card of (the suit led) by playing a card of another suit.
To renounce probate (Law), to decline
to act as the executor of a will. Mozley & W.
Syn. -- To cast off; disavow; disown; disclaim; deny;
abjure; recant; abandon; forsake; quit; forego; resign; relinquish;
give up; abdicate. -- Renounce, Abjure, Recant.
-- To renounce is to make an affirmative declaration of
abandonment. To abjure is to renounce with, or as with, the
solemnity of an oath. To recant is to renounce or abjure some
proposition previously affirmed and maintained.
From Thebes my birth I own; . . . since no disgrace
Can force me to renounce the honor of my race.
Dryden.
Either to die the death, or to abjure
Forever the society of man.
Shak.
Ease would recant
Vows made in pain, as violent and void.
Milton.
Re*nounce", v. i. 1.
To make renunciation. [Obs.]
He of my sons who fails to make it good,
By one rebellious act renounces to my blood.
Dryden.
2. (Law) To decline formally, as an
executor or a person entitled to letters of administration, to take
out probate or letters.
Dryden died without a will, and his widow having
renounced, his son Charles administered on June
10.
W. D. Christie.
Re*nounce", n. (Card Playing)
Act of renouncing.
Re*nounce" (r&esl;*nouns"), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Renounced (-nounst");
p. pr. & vb. n. Renouncing (-noun"s?ng).] [F.
renoncer, L. renuntiare to bring back word, announce,
revoke, retract, renounce; pref. re- re- + nuntiare to
announce, fr. nuncius, a messenger. See Nuncio, and
cf. Renunciation.] 1. To declare
against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or
acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a
title to land or to a throne.
2. To cast off or reject deliberately; to
disown; to dismiss; to forswear.
This world I do renounce, and in your sights
Shake patiently my great affliction off.
Shak.
3. (Card Playing) To disclaim having a
card of (the suit led) by playing a card of another suit.
To renounce probate (Law), to decline
to act as the executor of a will. Mozley & W.
Syn. -- To cast off; disavow; disown; disclaim; deny;
abjure; recant; abandon; forsake; quit; forego; resign; relinquish;
give up; abdicate. -- Renounce, Abjure, Recant.
-- To renounce is to make an affirmative declaration of
abandonment. To abjure is to renounce with, or as with, the
solemnity of an oath. To recant is to renounce or abjure some
proposition previously affirmed and maintained.
From Thebes my birth I own; . . . since no disgrace
Can force me to renounce the honor of my race.
Dryden.
Either to die the death, or to abjure
Forever the society of man.
Shak.
Ease would recant
Vows made in pain, as violent and void.
Milton.
Re*nounce", v. i. 1.
To make renunciation. [Obs.]
He of my sons who fails to make it good,
By one rebellious act renounces to my blood.
Dryden.
2. (Law) To decline formally, as an
executor or a person entitled to letters of administration, to take
out probate or letters.
Dryden died without a will, and his widow having
renounced, his son Charles administered on June
10.
W. D. Christie.
Re*nounce", n. (Card Playing)
Act of renouncing.
