Renew

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make new or as if new again; restore: renewed the antique chair.
  • v. To take up again; resume: renew an old friendship; renewed the argument.
  • v. To repeat so as to reaffirm: renew a promise.
  • v. To regain or restore the physical or mental vigor of; revive: I renewed my spirits in the country air.
  • v. To arrange for the extension of: renew a contract; renew a magazine subscription.
  • v. To arrange to extend the loan of: renewed the library books before they were overdue.
  • v. To replenish: renewed the water in the humidifier.
  • v. To bring into being again; reestablish.
  • verb-intransitive. To become new again.
  • verb-intransitive. To start over.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To extend a period of loan, especially a library book that is due to be returned.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to reëstablish; to recreate; to rebuild.
  • v. Specifically, to substitute for (an old obligation or right) a new one of the same nature; to continue in force; to make again.
  • v. To begin again; to recommence.
  • v. To repeat; to go over again.
  • v. To make new spiritually; to regenerate.
  • verb-intransitive. To become new, or as new; to grow or begin again.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make new again; restore to former freshness, completeness, or perfection; revive; make fresh or vigorous again; restore to a former state, or to a good state after decay or impairment.
  • To make again: as, to renew a treaty or covenant; to renew a promise; to renew an attempt.
  • To supply, equip, furnish, or fill again.
  • To begin again; recommence.
  • To go over again; repeat; iterate.
  • To grant or furnish again, as a new loan on a new note for the amount of a former one.
  • In theology, to make new spiritually. See renovation, 2.
  • Synonyms To reëstablish, reconstitute, recreate, rebuild.
  • To become new; grow afresh.
  • To begin again; cease to desist.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
  • v. cause to appear in a new form
  • Verb Form
    renewed    renewing    renews   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    regenerate    restore    rejuvenate   
    Cross Reference
    begin    repeat    freshen   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    recommence    repeat    regenerate    resume    reopen    continue    repair   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Baku    Blue    Cebu    Chengdu    Chou    Chu    Crewe    Drew    Ewe    Few   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts