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Denay vs Renay - What's the difference?

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In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between denay and renay

is that denay is (obsolete) denial; refusal while renay is (obsolete) to deny; to disown.

As verbs the difference between denay and renay

is that denay is to deny, refuse while renay is (obsolete) to deny; to disown.

As a noun denay

is (obsolete) denial; refusal.

denay

English

Noun

  • (obsolete) denial; refusal
    • (Shakespeare)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To deny, refuse.
  • *(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
  • *:That with great rage he stoutly doth denay .
  • *1600 , (Edward Fairfax), The (Jerusalem Delivered) of (w), XII, xxvii:
  • *:Preserve this babe, whose mother must denay / To nourish it, preserve this harmless child.
    • (Webster 1913)

    renay

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To deny; to disown.
    • (Webster 1913)