RENIFORM Ren"i*form (rn"-frm; 277), a. Etym: [L. renes kidneys + -form: cf. F. réniforme.]
Defn: Having the form or shape of a kidney; as, a reniform mineral; a reniform leaf.
RENITENCE; RENITENCY
Re*ni"tence, Re*ni"ten*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. rénitence.]
Defn: The state or quality of being renitent; resistance; reluctance.
Sterne.
We find a renitency in ourselves to ascribe life and irritability to
the cold and motionless fibers of plants. E. Darwin.
RENITENT Re*ni"tent (-tent), a. Etym: [L. renitens, -entis, p. pr. of renit to strive or struggle against, resist; pref. re- re- + niti to struggle or strive: cf. F. rénitent.]
1. Resisting pressure or the effect of it; acting against impluse by elastic force. "[Muscles] soft and yet renitent." Ray.
2. Persistently opposed.
RENNE
Ren"ne (rn"ne), v. t.
Defn: To plunder; — only in the phrase "to rape and renne." See under Rap, v. t., to snatch. [Obs.] Chaucer.
RENNE
Ren"ne, v. i.