rennet (2), ren at, rennet ing

[Fr. reinette a pippin, a rennet, dim in. from reine =a queen, from Lat. regina, or from O. Fr. rainette, dim in. from raine =a frog (Lat. rana ), because the fruit is spotted like a frog.] A variety, or rather several sub-varieties, of apple, with more or le spotted fruit; ground color gray, or golden. There is a French and a Canadian rennet. Called also a Queen. IMG:content-0449.png:[blocks in formation] 3418 *re-nome, s. [O. Fr.) Renown. rě-nounçe', v . t. & i. [Fr. renoncer=to renounce, from Lat. renuncio , renuntio =(1) to bring back a report, (2) to renounce: re- =back, and nuntio =to bring a me age; nuntius =a me age; Sp. & Port. renunciar; Ital. renunziare , rinunziare .] A. Transitive : 1. To declare against; to disclaim, to disown, to abjure, to forswear; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to abandon all claim to. "He had, by a enting to the Bill of Rights, solemnly renounced the dispensing power." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xviii. 2. To cast off; to reject, to forsake abandon. "This world I do renounce ; and in your sights Shake patiently my great affliction off." B. Intransitive Shakesp.: Lear, iv. 6. IMG:content-0450.png:[blocks in formation] "He of my sons, who fails to make it good, By one rebellious act renounces to my blood." Dryden: Hind and Panther, iii. 143. 2. Cards: Not to follow suit when one has a card of the same suit; to revoke. ( Eng .) "But since they're at renouncing , 'tis our parts To trump their diamonds, as they trump our hearts." Dryden: Prologue to the Prince of Cleves. re-nounce', s . [RENOUNCE, v .] Cards: A declining or failing to follow suit, when it can be done. ( Eng .) [RENEGE.]