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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  New \New\ (n[=u]), a. [Compar. {Newer} (n[=u]"[~e]r); superl.
     {Newest}.] [OE. OE. newe, AS. niwe, neowe; akin to D. nieuw,
     OS. niwi, OHG. niuwi, G. neu, Icel. n[=y]r, Dan. & Sw. ny,
     Goth. niujis, Lith. naujas, Russ. novuii, Ir. nua, nuadh,
     Gael. nuadh, W. newydd, Armor. nevez, L. novus, Gr. ne`os,
     Skr. nava, and prob. to E. now. [root]263. See {Now}, and cf.


     {Announce}, {Innovate}, {Neophyte}, {Novel}.]
     1. 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. "Your new wife." --Chaucer.
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     2. Not before seen or known, although existing before; lately
        manifested; recently discovered; as, a new metal; a new
        planet; new scenes.
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     3. Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now
        commencing; different from what has been; as, a new year;
        a new course or direction.
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     4. 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.
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              Steadfasty purposing to lead a new life. --Bk. of
                                                    Com. Prayer.
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              Men after long emaciating diets, fat, and almost
              new.                                  --Bacon.
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     5. Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient
        descent; not previously known or famous. --Addison.
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     6. Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed.
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              New to the plow, unpracticed in the trace. --Pope.
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     7. Fresh from anything; newly come.
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              New from her sickness to that northern air.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     {New birth}. See under {Birth}.
  
     {New Church}, or {New Jerusalem Church}, the church holding
        the doctrines taught by Emanuel Swedenborg. See
        {Swedenborgian}.
  
     {New heart} (Theol.), 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}. (Zool.) See {Crappie}.
  
     {New moon}.
        (a) The moon in its first quarter, or when it first
            appears after being invisible.
        (b) The day when the new moon is first seen; the first day
            of the lunar month, which was a holy day among the
            Jews. --2 Kings iv. 23.
  
     {New Red Sandstone} (Geol.), an old name for the formation
        immediately above the coal measures or strata, now divided
        into the Permian and Trias. See {Sandstone}.
  
     {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.
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     Syn: Novel; recent; fresh; modern. See {Novel}.
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