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See reynard. renardine (ren'är-din), a. [ There has been much learning expended by Grimm and others on the question of why the lion was king in the Renardine tales. Athenæum , Aug. 7, 1886, p. 165. renascence (re-nas'ens), п . [=F. renai ance = Pg . renascença = It. rinascenza , ren as centia, new birth, renascen (t-)s, new-born: see renascent . Cf. renai ance.] 1. The state of being renascent. Read the Phœnix, and see how the single image of renascence is varied. Cole ridge. ( Webster .) 2. A new birth; specifically [ cap .], same as Renai ance . "For the first time," to use the picturesque phrase of M. Taine, "men opened their eyes and saw." The human mind seemed to gather new energies at the sight of the vast field which opened before it. It attacked every prov renascence ince of knowledge, and in a few years it transformed all. Experimental science, the science of philology, the science of politics, the critical investigation of religious truth, all took their origin from this Renascence - this "New Birth" of the world. J. R. Green, Short Hist. Eng., vi. 4. renascency (re-nas'en-si), n. [As renascence (see- cy ).] Same as renascence. Job would not only curse the day of his nativity, but also of his renascency , if he were to act over his disasters and the miseries of the dunghill. Sir T. Browne , Christ. Mor., iii. 25. Leave the stools as close to the ground as po ible, especially if you design a renascency from the roots. Evelyn , Sylva, iii. 3. renascent (re-nas'ent), a . [ = F. ren a is sant = Sp. renaciente = Pg. renascente = It, rinascente , renascen (t-) s , ppr. of renasci , be born again, grow, rise or spring up again, revive, re- + nasci , be born: see nascent .] Springing or rising into being again; reproduced; reappearing; rejuvenated. renascible (rē-nas'i-bl), a. [ renasci , be born again (see renascent ), + -ible.] Capable of being reproduced; able to spring again into being. Imp. Dict.