renitent

[Lat. renitens.] [RENITENCE.] 1. Resisting pre ure or the effect of it; acting against impulse by elastic force. "By an inflation of the muscles, they become soft, and yet renitent."-Ray: On the Creation , pt. ii. 2. Persistently opposed; reluctant, disinclined. *renne, v . t . [Icel. ræna.] To plunder, to pillage, to rob.