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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
renovate
v 1: restore to a previous or better condition; "They renovated
the ceiling of the Sixtine Chapel" [syn: restitute]
2: make brighter and prettier; "we refurbished the guest wing";
"My wife wants us to renovate" [syn: refurbish, freshen
up]
3: give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me";
"This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired
my health" [syn: animate, recreate, reanimate, revive,
repair, quicken, vivify, revivify]
WordNet (r) 2.0
95 Moby Thesaurus words for "renovate":
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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