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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Renew \Re*new"\, verb (used without an object) To become new, or as new; to grow or begin again.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Renew \Re*new"\ (r?-n?"), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Reneved} (-n?d"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Renewing}.] [Pref. re- + new. Cf. {Renovate}.]
1. To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to re[eum]stablish; to recreate; to rebuild.
In such a night Medea gathered the enchanted herbs That did renew old [AE]son. --Shak.
2. Specifically, to substitute for (an old obligation or right) a new one of the same nature; to continue in force; to make again; as, to renew a lease, note, or patent.
3. To begin again; to recommence.
The last great age . . . renews its finished course. --Dryden.
4. To repeat; to go over again.
The birds-their notes renew. --Milton.
5. (Theol.) To make new spiritually; to regenerate.
Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. --Rom. xii. 2.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
renew
verb
1: re-establish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership" [syn: {regenerate}]
2: cause to appear in a new form; "the old product was reincarnated to appeal to a younger market" [syn: {reincarnate}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
185 Moby Thesaurus words for "renew": 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
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