Renewing
[rɪ'njʊ]
Definition
(adj.) tending to impart new life and vigor to; 'the renewing warmth of the sunshine' .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Renew
Typist: Steven
Examples
- 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.
- Since this continuance can be secured only by constant renewals, life is a self-renewing process. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- She now occupied herself at the bookcase for nearly an hour; taking down volume after volume, and renewing her acquaintance with each. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But since I'm married, except renewing, of course, I give you my honour I've not touched a bit of stamped paper. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Typist: Steven