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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. 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;
[syn: Renaissance, Renascence]

2. a second or new birth;
[syn: reincarnation, rebirth, renascence]

3. the revival of learning and culture;
[syn: rebirth, Renaissance, Renascence]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Renascence \Re*nas"cence\ (r?-n?s"sens), n. [See Renascent, and cf. Renaissance.] 1. The state of being renascent. [1913 Webster] Read the Ph[oe]nix, and see how the single image of renascence is varied. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster] 2. Same as Renaissance. [1913 Webster] The Renascence . . . which in art, in literature, and in physics, produced such splendid fruits. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Renascence n 1: 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 [syn: Renaissance, Renascence] 2: a second or new birth [syn: reincarnation, rebirth, renascence] 3: the revival of learning and culture [syn: rebirth, Renaissance, Renascence]