Renascence

3 definitions found

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

  Renascence \Re*nas"cence\ (r?-n?s"sens), n. [See {Renascent},
     and cf. {Renaissance}.]
     1. The state of being renascent.
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              Read the Ph[oe]nix, and see how the single image of


              renascence is varied.                 --Coleridge.
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     2. Same as {Renaissance}.
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              The Renascence . . . which in art, in literature,
              and in physics, produced such splendid fruits. --M.
                                                    Arnold.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  renascence
       n : the revival of learning and culture [syn: {rebirth}, {Renaissance}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "renascence":
     amendment, change of allegiance, change of heart, change of mind,
     copy, duplication, imitation, improvement, new birth, palingenesis,
     palingenesy, re-creation, re-formation, reanimation, rebirth,
     rebuilding, reclamation, reconstitution, reconstruction,
     recrudescence, redemption, redesign, redoing, reedition,
     reestablishment, refashioning, reform, reformation, refreshment,
     regeneracy, regenerateness, regeneration, regenesis, reinstitution,
     reissue, rejuvenation, rejuvenescence, remaking, renaissance,
     renewal, renovation, reorganization, repetition, reprinting,
     reproduction, reshaping, restoration, restructuring, resurgence,
     resurrection, resuscitation, revision, revival, revivescence,
     revivescency, revivification, second wind, second youth