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▪ I. † ˈrepudy, n. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. repudium.]
Divorce; rejection, repulse.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) VI. 381 The qwene..takynge a libelle of repudy, of repulsion, entrede a monastery. c1480Henryson Test. Cres. 74 Upon ane uther he set his haill delyt, And send to hir ane lybel of repudy. 1560Rolland Crt. Venus iv. 68 Thay wald not thoill Venus haif lichtlines, Nor repudie, rebuik, nor ȝit distres.
▪ II. † repudy, v. Obs. rare.
[ad. F. repudier (15th c.) or It. ripudiare, L. repudiāre, f. repudium: see prec.]
= repudiate v.
c1477Caxton Jason 119 Ye wylle now leue and repudye me in all poyntes. 1483― Gold. Leg. 410/1 Eche man myght haue foure wyues..and refuse and repudye thre tymes. 1635J. Hayward Banish'd Virg. 141 An inkling of either repudying or making away of his present wife. |