From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Renovate \Ren"o*vate\ (r?n"?-v?t), verb (used with an object) [L. renovatus, p. p. of renovare;pref. re- re- + novare to make new, fr. novus new. See {New}, and ?? {Renew}.] To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew.
All nature feels the reniovating force Of winter. --Thomson.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: restore to a previous or better condition; "They renovated the ceiling of the Sixtine Chapel" [syn: {restitute}]
2: make brighter and prettier; "we refurbished the guest wing"; "My wife wants us to renovate" [syn: {refurbish}, {freshen up}]
3: give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" [syn: {animate}, {recreate}, {reanimate}, {revive}, {repair}, {quicken}, {vivify}, {revivify}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
95 Moby Thesaurus words for "renovate": brighten up, brush up, clean, cleanse, coin, copy, do over, do up, duplicate, face-lift, fix, fix up, freshen, furbish, furbish up, get back, inaugurate, innovate, invent, make over, mint, modernize, neologize, neoterize, overhaul, patch up, polish, polish up, ransom, re-create, re-form, reactivate, rebuild, recapture, reclaim, recondition, reconstitute, reconstruct, recoup, recover, recuperate, redecorate, redeem, redesign, redo, reestablish, refashion, refit, refound, refresh, refurbish, regain, regenerate, rehabilitate, reinstitute, reissue, rejuvenate, rekindle, remake, remodel, renew, reoccupy, reorganize, repair, repeat, replevin, replevy, repossess, reprint, reproduce, reshape, restore, restructure, resume, resurrect, resuscitate, retake, retouch, retrieve, revamp, revindicate, revise, revitalize, revive, revivify, rub up, shine, spruce, spruce up, take back, tone up, touch up, update, vamp, vamp up
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