renovate

Verb
US[ren-uh-veyt]/ˈrɛnəˌveɪt/3 syllables
Synonyms: restituterefurbishfreshen upanimaterecreatereanimatereviverepairquickenvivifyrevivify

Open English WordNet

Verb (3)renovated, renovating

  1. restore to a previous or better condition“They renovated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel”Synonyms: restituteMore general regenerate, renew
  2. make brighter and prettier“we refurbished the guest wing”“My wife wants us to renovate”Synonyms: refurbishfreshen upMore general regenerate, renewMore specific gentrify
  3. give new life or energy to“A hot soup will revive me”“This will renovate my spirits”“This treatment repaired my health”Synonyms: animaterecreatereanimatereviverepairquickenvivifyrevivifyMore general stimulate, arouseSimilar come to, revive

Related words restoration noun, overhaul noun, restorer noun, renovation noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Ren′o·vate (r?n′?-v?t), transitive verb

Origin: 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.

All nature feels the reniovating force Of winter.— James Thomson

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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