renew
transitive verb
- to make new or as if new again; make young, fresh, or strong again; bring back into good condition
- to give new spiritual strength to
- to cause to exist again; reestablish; revive
- to begin again; take up again; resume: to renew negotiations
- to go over again; say again; repeat: to renew one's objections
- to replace as by a fresh supply of: to renew provisions
- to refill with a fresh supply
- to give or get an extension of: to renew a lease
intransitive verb
- to become new or as new again; be renewed
- to begin again; start over
See renew in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(rĭ-no͞oˈ, -nyo͞oˈ)
verb re·newed,
re·new·ing,
re·news verb, transitive- To make new or as if new again; restore: renewed the antique chair.
- To take up again; resume: renew an old friendship; renewed the argument.
- To repeat so as to reaffirm: renew a promise.
- To regain or restore the physical or mental vigor of; revive: I renewed my spirits in the country air.
a. To arrange for the extension of: renew a contract; renew a magazine subscription.
b. To arrange to extend the loan of: renewed the library books before they were overdue.
- To replenish: renewed the water in the humidifier.
- To bring into being again; reestablish.
verb, intransitive- To become new again.
- To start over.
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