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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Renege

Re-nēge', v. t.

verbtransitive

(Synop., § 130), v. t. [L. Lat. renegare, It. rinnegare, Sp., Pg., & Pr. renegar, Fr. renier, from Lat. re, again, back, and negare, to deny.] To deny; to disown. [Obs.] Shak.

☞ The g had formerly its hard sound, as in the following lines:—

All Europe nigh (all sorts of rights reneged) Against the truth and thee unholy leagued. Sylvester.

Re-nēge', v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To deny. [Obs.] Such smiling rogues as these soothe every passion, Renege, affirm, and turn their halcyon beaks With every gale and vary of their masters. Shak.