venew

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• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛnjuː/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnjuː

Noun

venew (plural venews)

1. Archaic spelling of venue.
2. (obsolete) A bout, or turn, as at fencing

   Synonyms: thrust, hit, veney

   • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

     a quick venew of wit