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An obsolete form of rennet2. renatelt (re-nāt'), a. [ = F. rené = It. rinato, 5075 With this, the grave venerable bishop, giving me his benediction, fetcht such a sigh that would have rended a rock asunder. Howell , Twelve Several Treatises, etc., p. 331. Aloud they beat their Breasts, and tore their Hair, Rending around with Shrieks the suff'ring Air. Congreve, Iliad. 2. To remove or pluck away with violence; tear away. I will surely rend the kingdom from thee. 1 Ki. xi. 11. If I thought that, I tell thee, homicide, These nails should rend that beauty from my cheeks. Shak ., Rich. III., i. 2. 126. They from their mothers' breasts poor orphans rend , Nor without gages to the needy lend. Sandys , Paraphrase upon Job, xxiv. To rap and rend. See rap2. = Syn. 1. Rip, Tear, Rend, Split, Cleave, Fracture, Chop. In garments we rip along the line at which they were sewed; we tear the texture of the cloth; we say, "It is not torn; it is only ripped. " More broadly, rip, especially with up, stands for a cutting open or apart with a quick, deep stroke: as, to rip up a IMG:content-1955.png:[blocks in formation] The Hebrew Sheôl, which signifies the abode of departed spirits, and corresponds to the Greek Hades, or the under world, is variously rendered in the Authorised Version by "grave," "pit," and "hell." Pref. to Revised Version of Holy Bible (1884). 6. To interpret, or expre for others, the meaning, spirit, and effect of; reproduce; represent: as, to render a part in a drama, a piece of music, a scene in painting, etc. I observe that in our Bible, and other books of lofty moral tone, it seems easy and inevitable to render the rhythm and music of the original into phrases of equal Emerson , Books. lence. To split is primarily to divide lengthwise or by the grain: as, to split wood. Cleare may be a more dignified word for split , or it may expre a cutting apart by a straight, heavy stroke. Fracture may represent the next degree beyond cracking, the lightest kind of breaking, 7t. To report; exhibit; describe. Under the strange-statued gate, Where Arthur's wars were render'd mystically. Tennyson , Lance lot and Elaine. leaving the parts in place: as, a fractured bone or plate of gla ; or it may be a more formal word for break . To chop is to cut apart with a heavy stroke, which is generally acro the grain or natural cleavage, or through the nar- row dimension of the material: chopping wood is thus dis- you have given me to live by; And, to confirm yourself in me renate , I hope you'll find my wit 's legitimate. Beau . and Fl ., Wit at Several Weapons, i. 2.