'Renovate' definitions:
Definition of 'renovate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Restore to a previous or better condition; "They renovated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel" [syn: renovate, restitute]
verb
Make brighter and prettier; "we refurbished the guest wing"; "My wife wants us to renovate" [syn: refurbish, renovate, freshen up]
verb
Definition of 'Renovate'
From: GCIDE
- Renovate \Ren"o*vate\ (r?n"?-v?t), v. t. [L. renovatus, p. p. of renovare;pref. re- re- + novare to make new, fr. novus new. See New, and ?? Renew.] To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew. [1913 Webster]
- All nature feels the reniovating force Of winter. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'renovate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- brighten up,
- brush up,
- clean,
- cleanse,
- coin,
- copy,
- do over,
- do up,
- duplicate,
- face-lift,
- fix,
- fix up,
- freshen,
- furbish,
- furbish up,
- get back,
- inaugurate,
- innovate,
- invent,
- make over,
- mint,
- modernize,
- neologize,
- neoterize,
- overhaul,
- patch up,
- polish,
- polish up,
- ransom,
- re-create,
- re-form,
- reactivate,
- rebuild,
- recapture,
- reclaim,
- recondition,
- reconstitute,
- reconstruct,
- recoup,
- recover,
- recuperate,
- redecorate,
- redeem,
- redesign,
- redo,
- reestablish,
- refashion,
- refit,
- refound,
- refresh,
- refurbish,
- regain,
- regenerate,
- rehabilitate,
- reinstitute,
- reissue,
- rejuvenate,
- rekindle,
- remake,
- remodel,
- renew,
- reoccupy,
- reorganize,
- repair,
- repeat,
- replevin,
- replevy,
- repossess,
- reprint,
- reproduce,
- reshape,
- restore,
- restructure,
- resume,
- resurrect,
- resuscitate,
- retake,
- retouch,
- retrieve,
- revamp,
- revindicate,
- revise,
- revitalize,
- revive,
- revivify,
- rub up,
- shine,
- spruce,
- spruce up,
- take back,
- tone up,
- touch up,
- update,
- vamp,
- vamp up