Definitions for: Renovate


[v] give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
[v] make brighter and prettier, as of a house; "we refurbished the guest wing"; "My wife wants us to renovate"
[v] restore to a previous or better condition, as of art works or antiques; "They renovated the ceiling of the Sixtine Chapel"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: animate, freshen up, quicken, reanimate, recreate, refurbish, repair, restitute, revive, revivify, vivify

See Also: arouse, brace, energise, energize, gentrify, perk up, regenerate, renew, stimulate

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