renovate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: ren=o=vate

CIDE DICTIONARY

renovate, 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."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

renovate, v.tr.
1 restore to good condition; repair.
2 make new again.

Derivative

renovation n. renovative adj. renovator n.

Etymology

L renovare (as RE-, novus new)

THESAURUS

renovate

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

ROGET THESAURUS

renovate

Restoration

VB return to the original state, recover, rally, revive, come come to, come round, come to oneself, pull through, weather the storm, be oneself again, get well, get round, get the better of, get over, get about, rise from one's ashes, rise from the grave, survive, resume, reappear, come to, come to life again, live again, rise again, heal, skin over, cicatrize, right itself, restore, put back, place in statu quo, reinstate, replace, reseat, rehabilitate, reestablish, reestate, reinstall, reconstruct, rebuild, reorganize, reconstitute, reconvert, renew, renovate, regenerate, rejuvenate, redeem, reclaim, recover, retrieve, rescue, redress, recure, cure, heal, remedy, doctor, physic, medicate, break of, bring round, set on one's legs, resuscitate, revive, reanimate, revivify, recall to life, reproduce, warm up, reinvigorate, refresh, make whole, redintegrate, recoup, make good, make all square, rectify, correct, put right, put to rights, set right, set to rights, set straight, set up, put in order, refit, recruit, fill up, fill up the ranks, reinforce, repair, put in repair, remanufacture, put in thorough repair, put in complete repair, retouch, refashion, botch, vamp, tinker, cobble, do up, patch up, touch up, plaster up, vamp up, darn, finedraw, heelpiece, stop a gap, stanch, staunch, caulk, calk, careen, splice, bind up wounds.

Reproduction

VB reproduce, restore, revive, renovate, renew, regenerate, revivify, resuscitate, reanimate, remake, refashion, stir the embers, put into the crucible, multiply, repeat, resurge, crop up, spring up like mushrooms.