(verb) : rĕ-nŭo, ŭi, ĕre, and
* A. [nuo, whence nutum; abnuo], to nod back the head, to deny by a motion of the head; to deny, oppose, disapprove, reject, decline, refuse, = recusare (rare before the Aug. per.; syn.: abnuo, abnego).
* Neutr.: renuit negitatque Sabellus,Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 49: renuit Tiberius,Tac. A. 1, 76: renuenti et gestu in aliud tempus differenti (Caesari),Suet. Caes. 82: renuente deo,against the will of the god,Ov. M. 8, 325; Tib. 1, 5, 20; Mart. 2, 14, 14; cf.: fato renuente,Sil. 10, 49: credere me tamen hoc oculo renuente negavi,with an incredulous eye,Ov. H. 17, 89.—With dat.: dixerunt hic modo nobiscum ad haec subsellia: quibus superciliis renuentes huic decem millium crimini!they deny this charge,Cic. Rab. Post. 13, 36: idem Subrio Flavio annuenti an destringeret gladium renuit infregitque impetus,checked,Tac. A. 15, 58 fin.: vocavi et renuistis,Vulg. Prov. 1, 24.
* Act.: renuis tu quod jubet alter,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 63: convivium,to decline,Cic. Cael. 11, 27: nec laudem Danai tanto renuere labori, refused, Sabin. 1, 27: plaga renuit curari,Vulg. Jer. 15, 18.