renewed

[ri-nood, -nyood]

adjective

1. resumed, revived, or reestablished.

   After years of failed talks, people reacted skeptically to a declaration of renewed negotiations between the opposing factions.

2. made effective for an additional period.

   Members of the Elementary Teachers' Federation have now been without a renewed contract since August of last year.

3. restored, refreshed, or replenished.

   We have work to do to save this planet; let us continue with renewed vigor.

4. made, said, or done again or afresh; repeated.

   There were not enough Soviet forces on the Finnish front for a renewed assault.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of renew.

Other Word Forms

• renewedly adverb
• quasi-renewed adjective
• unrenewed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of renewed¹

renew ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

To actually get a new organ, patients like Newman are functionally required to secure a special dispensation from the state, which must be renewed every year.

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Africa has emerged as a renewed diplomatic battleground, with China, the United States and Russia competing for its minerals, energy potential and political support.

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"The fear I've lived with all my life - embedded in my DNA - has reawakened with renewed vigour," said one escapee living in Western Europe, who asked to hide her name and precise location.

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The Times previously reported that his application for continued protection was not renewed in 2016.

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The happy hands became Ms. McDermott’s solace and her souvenir, and later—when her son developed his own fondness for them, as mother and son cooked and baked together—a renewed source of happiness.

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