Re-new'1, v. t.
(re-nū'), v. t. [imp. & p. p. RENEWED; p. pr. & vb. n. RENEWING.] [Prefix re and new.] 1. To make over as good as new; to restore to former freshness or perfection; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to restore; to re-establish; to re-create; to rebuild. In such a night Medea gathered the enchanted herbs That did renew old Æson. Shak. 2. To begin again. The last great age renews its finished course. Dryden. 3. To repeat, either exactly or almost exactly; to go over again. The birds their notes renew. Milton.
- To furnish again; as, to renew a loan, a note, or the like.
- (Theol.) To make new spiritually; to renovate; to transform; to change from natural enmity to the love of God and his law; to implant holy affections in the heart; to regenerate.
Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Rom. xii. 2.