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Etymology
Prefix re- + new. Confer. Renovate.

Pronunciation
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:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-u�|-u�

Verb
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1. To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to restablish; to recreate; to rebuild.

#:In such a night Medea gathered the enchanted herbs That did renew old son. -Shak.

1. 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.
2. To begin again; to recommence.

#:The last great age . . . renews its finished course. -Dryden.

1. To repeat; to go over again.

#:The birds-their notes renew. -Milton.

1. theology To make new spiritually; to regenerate.

#:Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Rom. xii. 2.

1. intransitive To become new, or as new; to grow or begin again.

Translations
trans-top|To make new again
German: erneuern
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Spanish: reanudar
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trans-top|To substitute for a new one of the same nature
German: erneuern
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trans-top|To begin again; to recommence
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trans-top|To repeat; to go over again
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trans-top|To make new spiritually; to regenerate
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trans-top|(intransitive) To become new, or as new
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