renvoy

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noun

A sending back.

OriginFrench renvoi →
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Meanings

nounrenvoy (plural renvoys)

plural renvoys

  1. obsoleteA sending back.
verbrenvoy (third-person singular simple present renvoys, present participle renvoying, simple past and past participle renvoyed)

present singular third person renvoys · participle present renvoying · participle past renvoyed · past renvoyed

  1. obsoleteTo send back or away.

    Not dismissing or renvoying her.

    1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Frenchrenvoi
  2. Englishrenvoy

French renvoi (noun), renvoyer (verb).

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APA

renvoy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/renvoy

MLA

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Chicago

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