A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Renunceat, v. [17th c. Eng. renunciate to proclaim (1656). Cf. e.m.E. renounce Renunc(e v., also = to disclaim obedience (1502), to deny a suggestion (1596).] intr. ? To deny; ? to disclaim knowledge (of a matter). —1684 Lauder Observes 133.
A false representation, that he payed that much out of his benefice to the prepends, wheiras he caused the most part of them renunceat ere he would collate and admit them
