Renew /(r?-n?")/

Re·new

Renew

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Reneved; p. pr. & vb. n. Renewing

  1. To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to reëstablish; to recreate; to rebuild.
    In such a night Medea gathered the enchanted herbs That did renew old Aeson.
  2. 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.
  3. To begin again; to recommence.
    The last great age . . . renews its finished course.
  4. To repeat; to go over again.
    The birds-their notes renew.
  5. To make new spiritually; to regenerate. (Theol.)
    Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.
    — Rom. xii. 2.

Renew

v. i.
  1. To become new, or as new; to grow or begin again.