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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REN'OVATE, v.t. [L. renovo; re and novo, to make new; novus, new.]
To renew; to restore to the first state, or to a good state, after decay, destruction or depravation. It is synonymous with renew, except in its fourth definition, supra.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: restore to a previous or better condition; "They renovated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel" [syn: renovate, restitute]
2: make brighter and prettier; "we refurbished the guest wing"; "My wife wants us to renovate" [syn: refurbish, renovate, freshen up]
3: give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" [syn: animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-vated; -vating) Etymology: Latin renovatus, past participle of renovare, from re- + novare to make new, from novus new — more at new Date: circa 1522 1. to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding) 2. to restore to life, vigor, or activity ; revive <the church was renovated by a new ecumenical spirit> Synonyms: see renew • renovation noun • renovative adjective • renovator noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 restore to good condition; repair. 2 make new again. Derivatives: renovation n. renovative adj. renovator n. Etymology: L renovare (as RE-, novus new)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Renovate Ren"o*vate (r?n"?-v?t), v. t. [L. renovatus, p. p. of renovare;pref. re- re- + novare to make new, fr. novus new. See New, and ?? Renew.] To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew. All nature feels the reniovating force Of winter. --Thomson.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(renovates, renovating, renovated) If someone renovates an old building, they repair and improve it and get it back into good condition. The couple spent thousands renovating the house... VERB: V n • renovation (renovations) ...a property which will need extensive renovation. N-VAR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Renew, restore, reconstitute, re-establish. 2. Reproduce, regenerate, revivify, recreate, reanimate, revive, resuscitate.

Moby Thesaurus

brighten up, brush up, clean, cleanse, coin, copy, do over, do up, duplicate, face-lift, fix, fix up, freshen, furbish, furbish up, get back, inaugurate, innovate, invent, make over, mint, modernize, neologize, neoterize, overhaul, patch up, polish, polish up, ransom, re-create, re-form, reactivate, rebuild, recapture, reclaim, recondition, reconstitute, reconstruct, recoup, recover, recuperate, redecorate, redeem, redesign, redo, reestablish, refashion, refit, refound, refresh, refurbish, regain, regenerate, rehabilitate, reinstitute, reissue, rejuvenate, rekindle, remake, remodel, renew, reoccupy, reorganize, repair, repeat, replevin, replevy, repossess, reprint, reproduce, reshape, restore, restructure, resume, resurrect, resuscitate, retake, retouch, retrieve, revamp, revindicate, revise, revitalize, revive, revivify, rub up, shine, spruce, spruce up, take back, tone up, touch up, update, vamp, vamp up