New /(nū)/

New

Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's possession; not early or long in being; of late origin; recent; fresh; modern; -- opposed to old, as, a new coat; a new house; a new book; a new fashion.
Not before seen or known, although existing before; lately manifested; recently discovered; as, a new metal; a new planet; new scenes.
Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now commencing; different from what has been; as, a new year; a new course or direction.
As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality of original freshness; also, changed for the better; renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; as, rest and travel made him a new man.
Steadfasty purposing to lead a new life.
— Bk. of Com. Prayer.

Men after long emaciating diets, fat, and almost new.
— Bacon.
Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously known or famous.
Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed.
New to the plow, unpracticed in the trace.
— Pope.
Fresh from anything; newly come.
New from her sickness to that northern air.
— Dryden.

New birth: See under Birth.
New Church: the church holding the doctrines taught by Emanuel Swedenborg. See Swedenborgian.
New heart: a heart or character changed by the power of God, so as to be governed by new and holy motives.
New land: land cleared and cultivated for the first time.
New light: See Crappie.
New moon: The moon in its first quarter, or when it first appears after being invisible.
New Red Sandstone: an old name for the formation immediately above the coal measures or strata, now divided into the Permian and Trias.
New style: See Style.
New testament: See under Testament.
New world: the land of the Western Hemisphere; -- so called because not known to the inhabitants of the Eastern Hemisphere until recent times.

adv.

v. t. & i.