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a⋅new

[uh-noo, uh-nyoo]
–adverb
1. over again; again; once more: to play the tune anew.
2. in a new form or manner: to write the story anew.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME onew, of newe; see a- 2 ), OE of niowe, prob. modeled on OF de neuf; r. OE edniwe once more
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a·new   (ə-nōō', ə-nyōō')   
adv.  
  1. Once more; again.

  2. In a new and different way, form, or manner.


[Middle English : a, of (from Old English of; see of) + new, new thing (from Old English nīwe; see new), or a-, on; see a-2 + new.]
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anew 
from O.E. of-niowe (c.975).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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