Dictionary entry

Renovate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.