renovate

[ ren-uh-veyt ]
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verb (used with object),ren·o·vat·ed, ren·o·vat·ing.
  1. to restore to good condition; make new or as if new again; repair.

  2. Archaic. to reinvigorate; refresh; revive.

adjective
  1. Archaic. renovated.

Origin of renovate

1
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English (adjective), from Latin renovātus (past participle of renovāre), equivalent to re-re- + novusnew + -ātus-ate1

synonym study For renovate

1. See renew.

Other words from renovate

  • ren·o·vat·a·ble, adjective
  • ren·o·vat·ing·ly, adverb
  • ren·o·va·tion [ren-uh-vey-shuhn], /ˌrɛn əˈveɪ ʃən/, noun
  • ren·o·va·tive, adjective
  • ren·o·va·tor, noun
  • un·ren·o·vat·ed, adjective
  • un·ren·o·va·tive, adjective

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How to use renovate in a sentence

  • When Renovates discovered the cause of her sadness, he tenderly undertook to cure his wife's mental disorder.

    Woman Triumphant | Vicente Blasco Ibaez
  • Renovates smiled knowingly, without emotion, without envy, as he thought of the countess's silence.

    Woman Triumphant | Vicente Blasco Ibaez
  • Renovates had divined that it was she before she entered, by the whirl of joy and overflowing life which seemed to precede her.

    Woman Triumphant | Vicente Blasco Ibaez
  • What however must be ever present is the Will by which man every moment of his life renovates his own personality.

    The Reform of Education | Giovanni Gentile
  • It appears as if the contract that renovates the world was under no law at all.

British Dictionary definitions for renovate

renovate

/ (ˈrɛnəˌveɪt) /


verb(tr)
  1. to restore (something) to good condition: to renovate paintings

  2. to revive or refresh (one's spirits, health, etc)

Origin of renovate

1
C16: from Latin renovāre, from re- + novāre to make new, from novus new

Derived forms of renovate

  • renovation, noun
  • renovative, adjective
  • renovator, noun

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