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renunciative, a.|rɪˈnʌnʃɪətɪv|
[ad. med.L. *renunciātīvus, or f. renunciate v. + -ive.]
†1. Serving to announce or enuntiate. Obs.
c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 96 Þanne he ressayues a stryngthe of vndirstandynge þat ys renunciatyf of ffygures and semblance. 1622Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d'Alf. ii. 242 Bills, and answers, together with other writings, processiue,..renunciatiue, and infinite other the like.
2. Characterized by renunciation.
1850Mrs. Browning Poems II. 446 To let thee sit..and hear the sighing years Re-sighing on my lips renunciative. 1880Warren Book-plates ix. 98 The renunciative mottoes are a somewhat notable class.
So reˈnunciatory a.
1865Dickens Mut. Fr. i. iv, A meek renunciatory action. 1898Century Mag. Jan. 463/1 A few big tears—the..outcome of Heaven knows how real a renunciatory struggle. |