venew
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[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈvɛnjuː/
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- Rhymes: -ɛnjuː
Noun
[edit]venew (plural venews)
- Archaic spelling of venue.
- (obsolete) A bout, or turn, as at fencing
- 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