renovate

[ ren-uh-veyt ]

/ ˈrɛn əˌveɪt /

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verb (used with object), ren·o·vat·ed, ren·o·vat·ing.

to restore to good condition; make new or as if new again; repair.

to reinvigorate; refresh; revive.

adjective

Archaic. renovated.

Nearby words

renosterveld, renotrophic, renounce, renovascular, renovascular hypertension, renovate, renown, renowned, rensselaerite, rent, rent boy

Origin of renovate

1400–50; late Middle English (adj.) < Latin renovātus (past participle of renovāre), equivalent to re- re- + nov(us) new + -ātus -ate¹

SYNONYMS FOR renovate

1 See renew.

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Related forms

ren·o·vat·a·ble, adjectiveren·o·vat·ing·ly, adverbren·o·va·tion, nounren·o·va·tive, adjective

ren·o·va·tor, nounun·ren·o·vat·ed, adjectiveun·ren·o·va·tive, adjective

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Examples from the Web for renovation

Millions of dollars in renovation later the building is gorgeous—Clean, well-kept, organized.
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Production companies he was working with discovered that he had a twin brother in the renovation industry.
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WHERE TO STAY: The Westin Book Cadillac recently underwent a $200 million renovation, restoring the hotel to its former glory.
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I've been through one renovation too many know that this two-year time frame for completion is pie-in-the-sky malarkey.
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Every renovation generates more than enough home equity to cover the cost, because prices go nowhere but up.
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Thus met these two doctors, who were to labour through life in the renovation of the Church.
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They fail to seize and affirm the ideas of power, renovation, joy.
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Must we for that reason deny the immense result which came from their dreams of Christian renovation?
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And Althea had already engaged two capable maids, to come in when the work of renovation was complete.
Mollie's Prince|Rosa Nouchette Carey
In Christian monasticism there is an energy of renovation which constantly cries against corruption.
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British Dictionary definitions for renovation

renovate

/ (ˈrɛnəˌveɪt) /

verb (tr)

to restore (something) to good conditionto renovate paintings

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

Derived Forms

renovation, nounrenovative, adjectiverenovator, noun

Word Origin for renovate

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

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