Renew

Verb

 * 1)  To make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original condition.
 * 2) * c.1596-98, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act 5, Scene i,
 * In such a night / Medea gather’d the enchanted herbs / That did renew old AEson.
 * 1)  To replace (something which has broken etc.); to replenish (something which has been exhausted), to keep up a required supply of.
 * 2)  To make new spiritually; to regenerate.
 * 3) * 1526, William Tyndale, Bible (Tyndale), Romans 12:2,
 * And fassion not youre selves lyke vnto this worlde: But be ye chaunged in youre shape by the renuynge of youre wittes that ye maye fele what thynge that good yt acceptable and perfaycte will of god is.
 * 1)   To become new, or as new; to revive.
 * 2) * 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.2.6.ii,
 * ... to such as are in fear they strike a great impression, renew[ed] many times, and recal such chimeras and terrible fictions into their minds.
 * 1) * 2010 September, Michael Allen, "St. Louis Preservation Fund", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 74,
 * Renewing neighborhoods dealing with vacant buildings badly need options other than demolition or dangerous vacant spaces.
 * 1)  To begin again; to recommence.
 * 2) * 1660, Virgil, John Dryden (translator), (apparently from Eclogue 4), a snippet of translation used to introduce Dryden's Astræa Redux: A poem on the happy restoration and return of His Sacred Majesty Charles II., 1660,
 * The last great age, foretold by sacred rhymes, / Renews its finished course ; Saturnian times / Roll round again.
 * 1)  To repeat.
 * 2) * 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost,
 * The birds their notes renew, and bleating herds / Attest their joy, that hill and valley rings.
 * The birds their notes renew, and bleating herds / Attest their joy, that hill and valley rings.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:repair

Related terms

 * renewal

Adverbs for Renew
modernistically; periodically; auspiciously; mysteriously; generously; harmoniously; incessantly; wholly; reverently; seasonally.

Thesaurus
accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, ameliorate, amend, animate, begin again, better, brace, brace up, break up, bring back, bring to, brisk, brisken, buck up, call back, change, cheer, chirk up, coin, come again, confirm, continue, convert, copy, correct, deform, denature, ditto, diversify, do a repeat, do again, do over, double, duplicate, echo, enliven, exhilarate, face-lift, fillip, fit, fortify, fresh up, freshen, freshen up, furbish, galvanize, go back to, have another shot, have another try, imitate, improve, inaugurate, infuse life into, ingeminate, innovate, invent, invigorate, iterate, jazz up, make over, meliorate, mend, mint, mitigate, modernize, modify, modulate, mutate, neologize, neoterize, new-model, overhaul, overthrow, parrot, perk up, pick up, pique, plagiarize, provoke, qualify, quicken, quote, re-create, re-form, reactivate, reaffirm, realign, reanimate, reassert, rebegin, rebuild, recall, recall to life, recharge, reclaim, recommence, recondition, reconstruct, recreate, recruit, rectify, redecorate, redeem, redesign, redo, redouble, reduplicate, reecho, reenter, reestablish, refashion, refit, reform, refresh, refreshen, refurbish, regale, regenerate, regurgitate, rehabilitate, reheat the ashes, reincarnate, reinspire, reinstate, reinvigorate, reiterate, rejuvenate, rekindle, relight, remake, remodel, renovate, reopen, repair, repeat, replace, replenish, reprise, reproduce, resay, reshape, restate, restore, restore self-respect, restructure, resume, resurrect, resuscitate, retrieve, return to, revamp, revise, revitalize, revive, revivify, rewarm, ring the changes, say again, set straight, set up, sharpen, shift the scene, shuffle the cards, start all over, stimulate, stir the embers, subvert, take up, take up again, transform, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn the tide, turn upside down, update, vary, vivify, warm over, warm up, whet, work a change, worsen

Etymology
From, after renovare:.

Translations

 * Dutch: hernieuwen (used more in The Netherlands), vernieuwen (used more in Flanders)


 * French: renouveler
 * German:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: förnya


 * Dutch: hernieuwen (used more in The Netherlands), vernieuwen (used more in Flanders)


 * German:


 * Arabic: (jadid)

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