the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The state of being renascent.
n. Same as Renaissance.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The state of being renascent.
n. A new birth; specifically , same as Renaissance.
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n. the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries
n. a second or new birth
n. the revival of learning and culture
Word Usage
"Cuvier on fossil bones, under the most favorable circumstances, in a kind of renascence of the science of organization of animals, then almost effaced in France, aided by the richest osteological collections which then existed in Europe, M. G."