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verb

Renew v. t. (past & past part. reneved; pres. part. renewing)

To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to reestablish; to recreate; to rebuild. "In such a night Medea gathered the enchanted herbs That did renew old Aeson."

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.

To begin again; to recommence. "The last great age... renews its finished course."

To repeat; to go over again. "The birds-their notes renew."

(Theol.) To make new spiritually; to regenerate. "Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind."

Renew v. i. To become new, or as new; to grow or begin again.

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Etymology of 'Renew'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... the following year the Corinthian fleet, numbering a hundred and fifty sail, put to sea from Corinth, to renew the war with Corcyra, and a battle was fought off the coast of Epirus. The engagement was long and fierce, and the event was finally decided by a small squadron of Athenian ships, which had been sent with instructions to hinder any attempt of the enemy to land on the island Seeing ...

— Stories From Thucydides • H. L. Havell

... and well stocked. Such a girl, like an apple-tree in the orchard, would bring forth every year without fail. Thus Macko's regret was greater than his joy at the prospect of the possession of the new estate. His regret and agitation caused him to renew his questions, and he again inquired of the Bohemian how and when the marriage ...

— The Knights of the Cross • Henryk Sienkiewicz

... knew not Astrophel? (That I should live to say I knew, And have not in possession still!)— Things known permit me to renew— Of him you know his merit such, I ...

— The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Volume 2 • Charles Lamb

... Watterly may know of someone else," she faltered. She was now deeply troubled and perplexed again, supposing that he was about to renew his first proposition that she ...

— He Fell in Love with His Wife • Edward P. Roe

... to depose from the throne that execrable Elizabeth, who falsely arrogates to herself the title of Queen of the British Isles. Being then inspired by the Holy Spirit for the general good of the Church, we renew, by the virtue of our apostolic power, the sentence pronounced by our predecessor, Pius the Fifth and Gregory the Thirteenth, against the modern Jezebel: we proclaim her deprived of her royal authority, of the rights, titles, or pretensions to which she may lay claim over the kingdoms ...

— Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; • William Gannaway Brownlow

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