renounce 
the verb: see renounce, v."] In curd-games in 
which the rule is to follow suit, the playing of 
a card of a different suit from that led. 
renouncement (re-nouns'ment), n. [< OF. P. 
renoneement = Pi. reiiiiiiciiiincii = Sp. renuncia- 
miento = It. rinunziamento ; as renounce, v., + 
-ment,~] The act of renouncing, or of disclaim- 
ing or rejecting ; renunciation. 
I hold you as a thing ensky'd and sainted, 
By your renouncement an immortal spirit. 
Shak., M. for M., i. 4. 35. 
renouncer (re-noun'ser), n. One who renounces ; 
one who disowns or disclaims. 
renovant (ren'o-vant), a. [< OF. renovant, < L. 
renoean(t-)s, ppr. of renovare, renew, renovate: 
see renovate."] Renovating ; renewing. Cowel. 
renovate (ren'o-vat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. reno- 
vated, ppr. renovating. [< L. renovatus, pp. of 
renovare, renew (> It. rinovare, rinnovare = Sp. 
Pg. renovar), < re-, again, + novus, new, = E. 
new: see new. Ct. renew.'] 1. To renew; ren- 
der as good as new ; restore to freshness or to 
a good condition: as, to renovate a building. 
Then prince Edward, renouating his purpose, tooke 
shipping againe. Hakluyt's Voyages, II. 87. 
In hopes that by their poisonous weeds and wild incan- 
tations they may regenerate the paternal constitution, 
and renovate their father's life. Burke, Rev. in France. 
Till food and wine again should renovate, his powers. 
Crabbe, Works, V. 93. 
2. To give force or effect to anew; renew in 
effect. 
He renouateth by so doing all those sinnes which before 
times were forgiven him. 
Latimer, Sermon on the Lord's Prayer. 
renovater (ren'o-va-ter), . [< renovate + -er 1 ."] 
Same as renovator. 
renovation (ren-o-va'shon), . [< OF. renova- 
tion, F. renovation = Pr. rcnovacio = Sp. reno- 
vation = Pg. renovafao = It. rinovazione, rinno- 
vazione, <L. renovatio(n-), a renewing, renewal, 
< renovare, renew, renovate : see renovate.'] 1. 
The act of renovating, or the state of being 
renovated or renewed ; a making new after de- 
cay, destruction, or impairment ; renewal. 
This ambassade was sent ... for the renovation of the 
old league and amitie. Sraflon, Hen. VII., an. 19. 
Death becomes 
His flnal remedy ; and, ... to second life, 
Waked in the renovation of the just, 
Resigns him up with heaven and earth renew'd. 
Milton, P. L., xi. 65. 
The regular return of genial months, 
And renovation of a faded world. 
Coteper, Task, vt 124. 
Mr. Garrick, in conjunction with Mr. Lacey, purchased 
the property of that theatre [Drury Lane), together with 
the renovation of the patent. 
Hfe ofQuin (reprint, 1887), p. 42. 
2. In tlieol., the renewal wrought by the Holy 
Spirit in one who has been regenerated. Reno- 
vation differs from regeneration inasmuch as, while re- 
generation is a single act, and confers a divine life, which 
can never be wholly lost in this life, or, according to Cal- 
vinistic theology, continues forever, renovation is a con- 
tinuous process or a repetition of acts whereby the divine 
life is preserved and matured. 
renovationist (ren-o-va'shon-ist), n. [< reno- 
vation + -int."] One who believes in the im- 
provement of society by the spiritual renova- 
tion of the individual, supernaturally wrought 
through divine influence rather than by the de- 
velopment of human nature through purely 
natural and human influences. 
renovator (ren'o-va-tor), n. [= OF. renova- 
teur, F. renovateur ="Sp. Pg. renovador = It. 
rinnovatore, < L. renovator, a renewer, < reno- 
vare, renew: see renovate.'] One who or that 
which renovates or renews. 
Just as sleep is the renovator of corporeal vigor, so, with 
their [the Epicureans'] permission, I would believe death 
to be of the mind's. 
Lander, Imaginary Conversations (Marcus Tullius and 
[Quinctus Cicero). 
renovelt, v. t. and i. [ME. renoveTen, renovellen 
(also contr. reneiclen, rennlen, simulating new), 
< OF. renoveler, renuveler, renouveler, renouvel- 
ler, F. renouveler = Pr. renovellar = It. rino- 
vellare, rinnovellare, renew, < L. re-, again, + 
novellus, new : seewotieZ.] To renew. 
Yet sang this foule, I rede yow alle awake, . . . 
And ye that han ful chosen, as I devise, 
Yet at the leste renoveleth your servyse. 
Chaucer, Complaint of Mars, 1. 17. 
renovelancet, ' [ME. renoveilamice, < OF. re- 
novelaunce, < renoveler, renew: aeerenovel.] A 
renewal. 
Renove&aunces 
Of olde forleten aqueyntaunces. 
Chaucer, House of Fame, 1. 693. 
6078 
renowmt, renowmedt. Obsolete forms of re- 
tiincn, reiniifiii-il. 
renown (re-noun'), r. [< ME. renoicnen, renou- 
men, renomen (in pp. renowned, renamed), < OF. 
renomer, renumer, renommer, make famous (pp. 
renomme, renowned, famous), F. renommer, 
name over, repeat, rename, = Pr. renomnar, 
renompnar, renomenar = Sp. renombrar = It. 
rinomare (> G. renommiren, boast), < ML. reno- 
ntinare, make famous, < L. re-, again, + nomi- 
nare, name: see nominate.] I. trans. To make 
famous. 
Nor yron bands abord 
The Pontick sea by their huge Navy cast 
My volume shall renowne, so long since past. 
Spenser, Virgil's Gnat, 1. 48. 
The memorials and the things of fame 
That do renown this city. Shak., T. N., iii. 3. 24. 
Soft elocution does thy style renown. 
Dryden, tr. of Persius's Satires, v. 19. 
II. intrans. To behave or pose as a renown- 
er; swagger; boast: with indefinite it. [Slang, 
imitating German.] 
To renownit ... is equivalent to the American phrase 
"spreads himself." 
C. O. Leland, tr. of Heine's Pictures of Travel, The 
[Hartz Journey, note. 
A general tumult ensued, and the student with the 
sword leaped to the floor. ... He was renowning it. 
Longfellow, Hyperion, ii. 4. 
renown (re-noun'), n. [Early mod. E. also re- 
noivm, renown; < ME. renoun, renowne, renon, 
renowme, < OF. renoun, renun, renon, renom, F. 
renom = Pr. Cat. renom = Sp. renombre = Pg. 
rename = It. rinomo, fame, renown ; from the 
verb: see renown, .] 1. The state of having 
a great or exalted name ; fame ; celebrity ; ex- 
alted reputation derived from the widely spread 
praise of great achievements or accomplish- 
ments. 
"0 perle," quoth I, "of rych renoun, 
So watz hit me dere that thou con deme, 
In thys veray avysyoun." 
Alliterative Poems (ed.- Morris), i. 1183. 
Better it is to haue Renounne among the good sorte then 
to be lorde over the whole world. 
Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. 8., extra ser.), i. 12. 
I loved her old renown, her stainless fame 
What better proof than that I loathed her shame? 
Lowell, To G. W. Curtis. 
2f. Report; rumor; 6clat. 
And [they] diden so well that the worde and the renon 
com to Agranain and to Gaheret that the childeren fought- 
en be-nethe fer from hem. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 285. 
Socrates, ... by the ... uniuersall renoume of all peo- 
ple, was approued to be the wisest man of all Grecia. 
Sir T. Elyot, The Governour, iii. 22. 
The Rutherfoords, with grit renmm, 
Convoy'd the town of Jedbrugh out 
Raid of the Reidncire (Child's Ballads, VI. 132). 
3f. A token of fame or reputation ; an honor ; 
a dignity. 
For I ride on the milk-white steed, 
And aye nearest the town ; 
Because I was a christen d knight, 
They gave me that renown. 
The Young Tamlane (Child's Ballads, I. 121). 
4f. Haughtiness. 
Then out spake her father, he spake wi' renown, 
"Some of you that are maidens, yell loose aff her gown." 
Lord Salton and Auchanachie (Child's Ballads, II. 169). 
= Syn. 1. Fame, Honor, etc. (see gloryl, n.\ repute, note, 
distinction, name. 
renowned (re-nound'), p. a. [< ME. renowned, 
renamed (So. renownit, renommit); pp. of renown, 
v.] Having renown ; famous; celebrated. 
To ben riht cleer and renamed. 
Chaucer, Boethius, iii. prose 2. 
And made his compere a godsone of hys, that he hadden 
houe fro the fontstone, and was cleped after the kynge 
ban Bawdewyn, whiche was after full renomede. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.X i. 124. 
They that durst to strike 
At so exampless and unblamed a life 
As that of the renowned Germanicus. 
/>'. Jonson, Sejanus, ii. 4. 
= Syn. Celebrated, Illustrious, etc. (see famous), famed, 
far-famed. 
renownedly (re-nou'ned-li), adv. With, or so as 
to win, renown ; with fame or celebrity. Imp. 
Diet. 
renowner (re-nou'ner), w. 1. One who gives 
renown or spreads fame. 
Through his great renowner I have wrought, 
And my safe saile to sacred anchor brought. 
Chapman, Odyssey, xxiii. 
Above them all I preferr'd the two famous renowners of 
Beatrice and Laura, who never write bnt honour of them 
to whom they devote their verse. 
Milton, Apology for Smectymnuus. 
2. [= G. renommist, in university slang, a boas- 
ter.] A boaster; a bully; a swaggerer. 
Von Kleistwas a student, and universally acknowledged 
among his young acquaintance as a devilish handsome 
rent 
fellow, notwithstanding a tremendous scar on his cheek, 
and a cream-colored mustache as soft as the silk of Indian 
corn. In short, lie was a renowner, and a duellist. 
Longfellow, Hyperion, ii. 4. 
renownfult (re-noun'ful), o. [< renoun + -ful."] 
Renowned; illustrious. 
Man of large fame, great and abounding glory, 
Renounefull Scipio. Marstvn, Sophonisba, i. 1. 
rense (rens), r. t. A dialectal form of rinse. 
rensselaerite (ren-se-lar'it), n. [After Stephen 
Van Bensselaer."] A variety of massive talc or 
steatite. It has a fine compact texture, and 
is worked in the lathe into inkstands and other 
articles. 
rent 1 (rent). Preterit and past participle of 
rend 1 . 
rentH, An obsolete variant of rend 1 . 
Maligne interpretours whiche fayle not to rente and de- 
face the renoume of wryters. 
Sir T. Elyot, The Governour, The Proheme. 
Though thou rentest thy face with painting [enlargest 
(margin, Heb. rendest) thine eyes with paint, R. V. ], in vain 
shall thou make thyself fair. Jer. iv. 30. 
In an extreame rage, renting his clothes and tearing his 
haire. Lyly, Euphues and his England, p. 230. 
Repentance must begin with a just sorrow, a sorrow of 
heart, and such a sorrow as renteth the heart. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, vi. 3. 
They assaulted me ou all sides, buffeting me and rent- 
ing my Cloaths. Dampier, Voyages, II. i. 92. 
rent 1 (rent), w. [< rent 1 , v., ult. rend 1 , v."] 1. 
An opening made by rending or tearing; a 
tear ; a fissure ; a break or breach ; a crevice or 
crack. 
You all do know this mantle. . . . 
Look, in this place ran Cassius' dagger through ; 
See what a rent the envious Casca made. 
Shale., J. C., iii. 2. 179. 
2. A schism; a separation: as, a rent in the 
church. 
Heer sing I Isaac's civill Brauls and Broils ; 
Jacobs Revolt; their Cities sack, their Spoils: 
Their cursed Wrack, their Godded Calues ; the rent 
Of th' Hebrew Tribes from th' Isbeans Regiment. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii.. The Schisme. 
We care not to keep truth separated from truth, which 
is the fiercest rent and disunion of all. 
Milton, Areopagitica, p. 53. 
= Syn, Tear, rupture, rift. 
rent 12 (rent), n. [< ME. rent, rente = D. G. Dan. 
rente = Sw. ranta, < OF. rente, F. rente, income, 
revenue, rent, annuity, pension, funds, = Pr. 
renta, rcnda = Sp. renta = Pg. renda = It. ren- 
dita, income, revenue, rent, < L. reddita (sc. 
pecunia), 'money paid,' fern, of redditus, pp. of 
reddere, give back, pay, yield: see render'^.] 
If. Income; revenue; receipts from any reg- 
ular source. 
Litel was hire catel and hire rente. 
Chaucer, Nun's Priest's Tale, 1. 7. 
She seyde, "O Love, to whom I have and shal 
Ben humble suget, trewe in myn entente, 
As I best can, to you, Lord, geve Ich al 
For everemo myn hertes lust to rente." 
Chaucer, Troilus, ii. 830. 
2. In law : (a) A compensation or return made 
periodically, or fixed with reference to a period 
of time, for the possession and use of property 
of any kind. 
Of all the tulkes of Troy, to telle them by name, 
Was non so riche of rent-tes, ne of renke godes, 
Of castels full close, & mony clene tounes. 
Destruction of Tray (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3945. 
Thus the poete preiseth the pocok for hus federes, 
And the riche for hus rentes, othere rychesse in hus 
schoppe. Piers Plowman (C), xv. 186. 
Money, if kept by us, yields no rent, and is liable to loss. 
Emerson, Essays, 1st ser., p. 213. 
(6) Technically, a definite compensation or re- 
turn reserved by a lease, to be made periodi- 
cally, or fixed with reference to a period of ten- 
ure, and payable in money, produce, or other 
chattels or labor, for the possession and use of 
land or buildings. Compensation of any other nature 
IB not termed rent, because not enforceable in the same 
manner. The time of paying rents is either by the par- 
ticular appointment of the parties in the deed, or by ap- 
pointment of law, but the law does not control the express 
appointment of the parties, when such appointment will 
answer their intention. In England Michaelmas and 
Lady-day are the usual days appointed for payment of 
rents ; and in Scotland Martinmas and Whitsunday. 
Take (deer Son) to thee 
This Farm's demains, . . . 
And th' only Rent that of it I reserue is 
One Trees fair fruit, to shew thy sute and service. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., Eden. 
Rent is said to be due at the first moment of the day 
appointed for payment, and in arrear at the first moment 
of the day following. Encyc. Brit., XIV. 275. 
(c) The right to such compensation, particu- 
larly in respect of lands. Rents, at common law, 
are of three kinds : rent-service, rent-charge or fee-farm 
