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

  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.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           All nature feels the reniovating force
           Of winter.                               --Thomson.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  renovate
       v 1: restore to a previous or better condition; "They renovated
            the ceiling of the Sixtine Chapel" [syn: {restitute}]
       2: make brighter and prettier; "we refurbished the guest wing";
          "My wife wants us to renovate" [syn: {refurbish}, {freshen
          up}]
       3: give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me";
          "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired
          my health" [syn: {animate}, {recreate}, {reanimate}, {revive},
           {repair}, {quicken}, {vivify}, {revivify}]

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

  95 Moby Thesaurus words for "renovate":
     brighten up, brush up, clean, cleanse, coin, copy, do over, do up,
     duplicate, face-lift, fix, fix up, freshen, furbish, furbish up,
     get back, inaugurate, innovate, invent, make over, mint, modernize,
     neologize, neoterize, overhaul, patch up, polish, polish up,
     ransom, re-create, re-form, reactivate, rebuild, recapture,
     reclaim, recondition, reconstitute, reconstruct, recoup, recover,
     recuperate, redecorate, redeem, redesign, redo, reestablish,
     refashion, refit, refound, refresh, refurbish, regain, regenerate,
     rehabilitate, reinstitute, reissue, rejuvenate, rekindle, remake,
     remodel, renew, reoccupy, reorganize, repair, repeat, replevin,
     replevy, repossess, reprint, reproduce, reshape, restore,
     restructure, resume, resurrect, resuscitate, retake, retouch,
     retrieve, revamp, revindicate, revise, revitalize, revive,
     revivify, rub up, shine, spruce, spruce up, take back, tone up,
     touch up, update, vamp, vamp up
  
  

















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