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Definition of Reneges
1. renege [v] - See also: renege
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reneges
Literary usage of Reneges
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gypsies: Some Curious Investigations, Collected, Translated, Or Reprinted by John Watts De Peyster (1887)
"... reneges all temper ; And is become the bellows and the fan To cool a gipsy's
tust." " O this false son! of Egypt ! this grave charm, Like a right gipsy, ..."
2. Gypsies: Some Curious Investigations, Collected, Translated, Or Reprinted by John Watts De Peyster (1887)
"... His captain's heart * * * reneges all temper ; And is become the bellows and
the fan To cool a gipsy's lust. ..."
3. A Glossary to the Works of William Shakespeare by Alexander Dyce (1902)
"84. renege, to renounce: reneges all temper, Ant. ii 8 (in this passage reneges
must be pronounced as a ..."
4. The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the by William Shakespeare, George Steevens (1811)
"... fights hath burst The buckles on his breast, reneges' all temper; And is become
the bellows, and the fan, To cool a gipsy's lust. Look, where they come! ..."
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