'Renew' definitions:
Definition of 'renew'
From: WordNet
verb
Reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership" [syn: regenerate, renew]
verb
Cause to appear in a new form; "the old product was reincarnated to appeal to a younger market" [syn: reincarnate, renew]
Definition of 'Renew'
From: GCIDE
- Renew \Re*new"\, v. i. To become new, or as new; to grow or begin again. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Renew'
From: GCIDE
- Renew \Re*new"\ (r?-n?"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reneved (-n?d"); p. pr. & vb. n. Renewing.] [Pref. re- + new. Cf. Renovate.]
- 1. To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to re["e]stablish; to recreate; to rebuild. [1913 Webster]
- In such a night Medea gathered the enchanted herbs That did renew old Aeson. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To begin again; to recommence. [1913 Webster]
- The last great age . . . renews its finished course. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To repeat; to go over again. [1913 Webster]
- The birds-their notes renew. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Theol.) To make new spiritually; to regenerate. [1913 Webster]
- Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. --Rom. xii. 2. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'renew'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodate,
- adapt,
- adjust,
- alter,
- ameliorate,
- amend,
- animate,
- begin again,
- better,
- brace,
- brace up,
- break up,
- bring back,
- bring to,
- brisk,
- brisken,
- buck up,
- call back,
- change,
- cheer,
- chirk up,
- coin,
- come again,
- confirm,
- continue,
- convert,
- copy,
- correct,
- deform,
- denature,
- ditto,
- diversify,
- do a repeat,
- do again,
- do over,
- double,
- duplicate,
- echo,
- enliven,
- exhilarate,
- face-lift,
- fillip,
- fit,
- fortify,
- fresh up,
- freshen,
- freshen up,
- furbish,
- galvanize,
- go back to,
- have another shot,
- have another try,
- imitate,
- improve,
- inaugurate,
- infuse life into,
- ingeminate,
- innovate,
- invent,
- invigorate,
- iterate,
- jazz up,
- make over,
- meliorate,
- mend,
- mint,
- mitigate,
- modernize,
- modify,
- modulate,
- mutate,
- neologize,
- neoterize,
- new-model,
- overhaul,
- overthrow,
- parrot,
- perk up,
- pick up,
- pique,
- plagiarize,
- provoke,
- qualify,
- quicken,
- quote,
- re-create,
- re-form,
- reactivate,
- reaffirm,
- realign,
- reanimate,
- reassert,
- rebegin,
- rebuild,
- recall,
- recall to life,
- recharge,
- reclaim,
- recommence,
- recondition,
- reconstruct,
- recreate,
- recruit,
- rectify,
- redecorate,
- redeem,
- redesign,
- redo,
- redouble,
- reduplicate,
- reecho,
- reenter,
- reestablish,
- refashion,
- refit,
- reform,
- refresh,
- refreshen,
- refurbish,
- regale,
- regenerate,
- regurgitate,
- rehabilitate,
- reheat the ashes,
- reincarnate,
- reinspire,
- reinstate,
- reinvigorate,
- reiterate,
- rejuvenate,
- rekindle,
- relight,
- remake,
- remodel,
- renovate,
- reopen,
- repair,
- repeat,
- replace,
- replenish,
- reprise,
- reproduce,
- resay,
- reshape,
- restate,
- restore,
- restore self-respect,
- restructure,
- resume,
- resurrect,
- resuscitate,
- retrieve,
- return to,
- revamp,
- revise,
- revitalize,
- revive,
- revivify,
- rewarm,
- ring the changes,
- say again,
- set straight,
- set up,
- sharpen,
- shift the scene,
- shuffle the cards,
- start all over,
- stimulate,
- stir the embers,
- subvert,
- take up,
- take up again,
- transform,
- turn the scale,
- turn the tables,
- turn the tide,
- turn upside down,
- update,
- vary,
- vivify,
- warm over,
- warm up,
- whet,
- work a change,
- worsen