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re⋅nege
[ri-nig, -neg, -neeg] 
verb, -neged, -neg⋅ing, noun –verb (used without object)
| 1. | Cards. to play a card that is not of the suit led when one can follow suit; break a rule of play. |
| 2. | to go back on one's word: He has reneged on his promise. |
–verb (used with object)
| 3. | Archaic. to deny; disown; renounce. |
–noun
| 4. | Cards. an act or instance of reneging. |
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| re·nege (rĭ-něg', -nĭg') v. re·neged, re·neg·ing, re·neges v. intr.
To renounce; disown. n. The act of reneging. [Medieval Latin renegāre, to deny; see renegade.] re·neg'er n. |
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Renege
Re*nege"\ (r?-n?j" or r?-n?g"), v. t. [LL. renegare. See Renegade.] To deny; to disown. [Obs.] --Shak. All Europe high (all sorts of rights reneged) Against the truth and thee unholy leagued. --Sylvester.Renege
Re*nege"\, v. i. 1. To deny. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. (Card Playing) To revoke. [R.]
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