Renew

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: re=new

CIDE DICTIONARY

Renew, v. t. [Pref. re- + new. Cf. Renovate.].

•  To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to re1913 Webster]

  "In such a night
  Medea gathered the enchanted herbs
  That did renew old "  [1913 Webster]
•  Specifically, to substitute for (an old obligation or right) a new one of the same nature; to continue in force; to make again; as, to renew a lease, note, or patent.  [1913 Webster]
•  To begin again; to recommence.  [1913 Webster]

  "The last great age . . . renews its finished course."  [1913 Webster]
•  To repeat; to go over again.  [1913 Webster]

  "The birds-their notes renew."  [1913 Webster]
•  To make new spiritually; to regenerate.  [1913 Webster]

  "Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind."  [1913 Webster]

Renew, v. i. 

 To become new, or as new; to grow or begin again.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Renew, v.tr.
1 revive; regenerate; make new again; restore to the original state.
2 reinforce; resupply; replace.
3 repeat or re-establish, resume after an interruption (renewed our acquaintance; a renewed attack).
4 get, begin, make, say, give, etc. anew.
5 (also absol.) grant or be granted a continuation of or continued validity of (a licence, subscription, lease, etc.).
6 recover (one's youth, strength, etc.).

Derivative

renewable adj. renewability n. renewal n. renewer n.

THESAURUS

Renew

accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, ameliorate, amend, animate, begin again, better, brace, brace up, break up, bring back, bring to, brisk, brisken, buck up, call back, change, cheer, chirk up, coin, come again, confirm, continue, convert, copy, correct, deform, denature, ditto, diversify, do a repeat, do again, do over, double, duplicate, echo, enliven, exhilarate, face-lift, fillip, fit, fortify, fresh up, freshen, freshen up, furbish, galvanize, go back to, have another shot, have another try, imitate, improve, inaugurate, infuse life into, ingeminate, innovate, invent, invigorate, iterate, jazz up, make over, meliorate, mend, mint, mitigate, modernize, modify, modulate, mutate, neologize, neoterize, new-model, overhaul, overthrow, parrot, perk up, pick up, pique, plagiarize, provoke, qualify, quicken, quote, re-create, re-form, reactivate, reaffirm, realign, reanimate, reassert, rebegin, rebuild, recall, recall to life, recharge, reclaim, recommence, recondition, reconstruct, recreate, recruit, rectify, redecorate, redeem, redesign, redo, redouble, reduplicate, reecho, reenter, reestablish, refashion, refit, reform, refresh, refreshen, refurbish, regale, regenerate, regurgitate, rehabilitate, reheat the ashes, reincarnate, reinspire, reinstate, reinvigorate, reiterate, rejuvenate, rekindle, relight, remake, remodel, renovate, reopen, repair, repeat, replace, replenish, reprise, reproduce, resay, reshape, restate, restore, restore self-respect, restructure, resume, resurrect, resuscitate, retrieve, return to, revamp, revise, revitalize, revive, revivify, rewarm, ring the changes, say again, set straight, set up, sharpen, shift the scene, shuffle the cards, start all over, stimulate, stir the embers, subvert, take up, take up again, transform, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn the tide, turn upside down, update, vary, vivify, warm over, warm up, whet, work a change, worsen

ROGET THESAURUS

Renew

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.

Duplication

VB double, redouble, duplicate, reduplicate, geminate, repeat, renew.

Repetition

VB repeat, iterate, reiterate, reproduce, echo, reecho, drum, harp upon, battologize, hammer, redouble, recur, revert, return, reappear, recurse, renew, rehearse, do over again, say over again, ring the changes on, harp on the same string, din in the ear, drum in the ear, conjugate in all its moods tenses and inflexions, begin again, go over the same ground, go the same round, never hear the last of, resume, return to, recapitulate, reword.

Newness

VB renew, modernize.

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.

Memory

VB remember, mind, retain the memory of, retain the remembrance of, keep in view, recognize, recollect, bethink oneself, recall, call up, retrace, look back, trace back, trace backwards, think back, look back upon, review, call upon, recall upon, bring to mind, bring to remembrance, carry one's thoughts back, rake up the past, have in the thoughts, hold in the thoughts, bear in the thoughts, carry in the thoughts, keep in the thoughts, retain in the thoughts, have in the memory, hold in the memory, bear in the memory, carry in the memory, keep in the memory, retain in the memory, have in the mind, hold in the mind, bear in the mind, carry in the mind, keep in the mind, retain in the mind, hold in remembrance, be in one's thoughts, live in one's thoughts, remain in one's thoughts, dwell in one's thoughts, haunt one's thoughts, impress one's thoughts, be in one's mind, live in one's mind, remain in one's mind, dwell in one's mind, haunt one's mind, impress one's mind, dwell in one's memory, sink in the mind, run in the head, not be able to get out of one's head, be deeply impressed with, rankle, recur to the mind, flash on the mind, flash across the memory, remind, suggest, prompt, put in mind, keep in mind, bring to mind, fan the embers, call up, summon up, rip up, renew, infandum renovare dolorem, jog the memory, flap the memory, refresh the memory, rub up the memory, awaken the memory, pull by the sleeve, bring back to the memory, put in remembrance, memorialize, task the memory, tax the memory, get at one's fingers' ends, have at one's fingers', learn at one's fingers', know one's lesson, say one's lesson, repeat by heart, repeat by rote, say one's lesson, repeat, repeat as a parrot, have at one's fingers' ends, have at one's finger tips, commit to memory, memorize, con over, con, fix in the memory, rivet in the memory, imprint in the memory, impress in the memory, stamp in the memory, grave in the memory, engrave in the memory, store in the memory, treasure up in the memory, bottle up in the memory, embalm in the memory, enshrine in the memory, load the memory with, store the memory with, stuff the memory with, burden the memory with, redeem from oblivion, keep the memory alive, keep the wound green, pour salt in the wound, reopen old wounds', tangere ulcus, keep up the memory of, commemorate, make a note of, jot a note, pen a memorandum.