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Pronunciation : Re*new" (r-n")
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Pref. re- + new. Cf. Renovate.]
Definition : 1. To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to re In such a night Medea gathered the enchanted herbs That did renew old 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.)

Defn: To make new spiritually; to regenerate. Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Rom. xii. 2.

t. [imp. & p. p. Reneved (-nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Renewing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Re*new"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To become new, or as new; to grow or begin again.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913