Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Middle English form of
run . - noun The kidney: little used, though the derivatives, as renal, adrenal, are in constant employ.
- To plunder: only in the phrase to rape and ren (which see, under
rape ).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb obsolete See
renne . - noun obsolete A run.
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- noun anatomy A
kidney . - noun One's secret
name , as part of thesoul in ancient Egyptian mythology.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Taking someone's personal feelings out on her child, ren is a low blow and completely unnecessary.
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And it was the Golden Rule would bring them to the transcendent value that he called ren, human-heartedness, which was a transcendent experience in itself.
Karen Armstrong makes her TED Prize wish: the Charter for Compassion Karen Armstrong 2008
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And it was the Golden Rule would bring them to the transcendent value that he called ren, human-heartedness, which was a transcendent experience in itself.
Karen Armstrong makes her TED Prize wish: the Charter for Compassion Karen Armstrong 2008
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And it was the Golden Rule would bring them to the transcendent value that he called ren, human-heartedness, which was a transcendent experience in itself.
Karen Armstrong makes her TED Prize wish: the Charter for Compassion Karen Armstrong 2008
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This last attribute is based on 人 - "ren" - the Chinese character that encompasses compassion, empathy and feeling for all human beings.
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MacontoNYC ten ren is good but i gotta say that the best i’ve had in ny is at tea kettle on astor place.
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Well, ren, that is certainly one thing I am not looking forward to.
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P'raps she warn't ter blame -- p'raps, 'and here his eyes filled --' p'raps ole Pomp war all ter blame, fur I tole har, my chil'ren '-- he could say no more, and sinking down on a rude seat, he covered his face, and sobbed audibly.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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If it we'ren't a reread that might not be the case, but since I already know it well enough that I'm not fighting to get my fogged brain to understand itinstead I'm sinking so damn deep into the atmosphere that it's ... it's like coming home.
"It kicks like a sleep twitch..." greygirlbeast 2010
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But Haibao, whose name means "sea treasure," is said to be based on the Chinese character "ren," for person, a two-legged stick figure, though without arms.
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