Renew
[rɪ'njuː] or [rɪ'nʊ]
Definition
(v. t.) To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to re/stablish; to recreate; to rebuild.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To begin again; to recommence.
(v. t.) To repeat; to go over again.
(v. t.) To make new spiritually; to regenerate.
(v. i.) To become new, or as new; to grow or begin again.
Typist: Portia
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Renovate, restore, re-establish, repair, refit, rebuild, revive, recreate, make new.[2]. Repeat, recommence, begin again.[3]. Regenerate, transform.
Inputed by Glenda
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Recreate, restore, refresh, renovate, rejuvenate, furbish, recommence, repeat,reiterate, reissue, regenerate, reform, transform
ANT:Impair, wear, deteriorate, vitiate, exhaust, discontinue, corrupt, weaken,defile, deprave
Edited by Lester
Definition
v.t. to renovate: to transform to new life revive: to begin again: to make again: to invigorate: to substitute: to regenerate.—v.i. to be made new: to begin again.—n. Renewabil′ity.—adj. Renew′able that may be renewed.—ns. Renew′al renovation: regeneration: restoration; Renew′edness; Renew′er; Renew′ing.
Edited by Ian
Examples
- I am sorry, said Lady Dedlock to Mr. Jarndyce, that we are not likely to renew our former acquaintance. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I think that, henceforth, nothing but some extraordinary jarring of that chord could renew it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- You gave me leave, at any time within a year, to renew the subject of our last discourse. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I did renew it, and I wrote my letter, and you brought your answer. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The easier course plainly, was to renew the bill with a friend's signature. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Yes,' added Mr. Smangle; 'and if he'd the power of raising him again, he would, in two months and three days from this time, to renew the bill! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- That I cannot wish to renew that chance intercourse with you of long ago, under these different circumstances. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Do not allow a trivial misunderstanding to wither the blossoms of spring, which, once put forth and blighted, cannot be renewed. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- And it has been renewed no end of times. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The attack was now renewed, the cavalry dismounting and charging as infantry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The flag drops and covers the eyes of the animal so that he is at a loss what to do; it is jerked from him and the torment is renewed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- A sort of renewed youth glowed in his eye and colour, and an invigorated hope and settled purpose sustained his bearing. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He spent a fortune, but his patents were not renewed, and competition was thrown wide open. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- But the enemy reorganized and renewed the assault. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The furniture for which he owed would not want renewing; nor even the stock of wine for a long while. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Life is a self-renewing process through action upon the environment. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The guides bring with them materials for renewing the light, but we had none--our only resource was to return as we came. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Both baths can be repeatedly used without renewing them. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The continuity of any experience, through renewing of the social group, is a literal fact. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Renewing then my courage, and gathering my feeble remains of strength, I pushed on. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The Queen has much pleasure in thus communicating with the President, and renewing to him her wishes for the prosperity of the United States. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- My love is like the rose-plant itself, which renews itself afresh with every coming of summer. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Jane, I ever like your tone of voice: it still renews hope, it sounds so truthful. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- When so drawn off, the pressure in the inner cylinder is relieved, and the water therein rises to contact again with the calcium carbide and renews the generation of gas. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- For this purpose a dynamite cartridge is exploded at the lower end of the well, which shatters the rock, and, in opening up new channels of flow for the oil, renews the yield. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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