renovate
[ren-uh-veyt]
- to restore to good condition; make new or as if new again; repair.
- to reinvigorate; refresh; revive.
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- Archaic. renovated.
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Origin of renovate
Synonyms
See more synonyms for renovate on Thesaurus.com1. See renew.
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Contemporary Examples
Millions of dollars in renovation later the building is gorgeous—Clean, well-kept, organized.
Production companies he was working with discovered that he had a twin brother in the renovation industry.
WHERE TO STAY: The Westin Book Cadillac recently underwent a $200 million renovation, restoring the hotel to its former glory.
I've been through one renovation too many know that this two-year time frame for completion is pie-in-the-sky malarkey.
President Obama Eyes New Oval Office While the White House Undergoes RenovationsLauren Ashburn
February 3, 2013
Every renovation generates more than enough home equity to cover the cost, because prices go nowhere but up.
Historical Examples
He told of his return to Bayport, and the renovation of the old house.
Cy Whittaker's PlaceJoseph C. Lincoln
Disease weakens the tree, making the expense of renovation greater.
Apple GrowingM. C. Burritt
I went in to tell Tom of the renovation and general reform that was about to begin.
The Van DwellersAlbert Bigelow Paine
The renovation of a covenant is not less a covenant than was the original bond.
The Ordinance of CovenantingJohn Cunningham
Renovation has not laid her desecrating 19 hands on Rochefort.
BrittanyMortimer Menpes and Dorothy Menpes
renovate
- to restore (something) to good conditionto renovate paintings
- to revive or refresh (one's spirits, health, etc)
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Word Origin
C16: from Latin renovāre, from re- + novāre to make new, from novus new
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Word Origin and History for renovation
n.
c.1400, renovacyoun "spiritual rebirth," also "rebuilding, reconstruction," from Middle French renovation (13c.), or directly from Latin renovationem (nominative renovatio) "a renewing, renewal; a rest," noun of action from past participle stem of renovare "renew, restore," from re- "again" (see re-) + novare "make new," from novus "new" (see new).
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renovate
v.
1520s, back-formation from renovation, or else from Latin renovatus, past participle of renovare "renew, restore" (see renovation). Related: Renovated; renovating.
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