To restore to an earlier condition, as by repairing or remodeling.
To impart new vigor to; revive.
[Latin renovāre, renovāt- : re-, re- + novāre, to make new (from novus, new; see newo- in Indo-European roots).] ren'o·va'tion n., ren'o·va'tive adj., ren'o·va'tor n.