Found 2 items, similar to renovate.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: renovate
renovate
v 1: restore to a previous or better condition;
“They renovated
the ceiling of the Sixtine Chapel” [syn:
restitute]
2: make brighter and prettier;
“we refurbished the guest wing”;
“My wife wants us to renovate” [syn:
refurbish,
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,
repair,
quicken,
vivify,
revivify]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Renovate
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.
[1913 Webster]
All nature feels the reniovating force
Of winter. --Thomson.
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