renovate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: renovate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for renovate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
renovate v restore to a previous or better condition; "They renovated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel" Synonym(s): renovate, restitute make brighter and prettier; "we refurbished the guest wing"; "My wife wants us to renovate" Synonym(s): refurbish, renovate, freshen up give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" Synonym(s): animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. All nature feels the reniovating force Of winter. --Thomson.