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Webster 1913 Edition

Renew

Re-new′

(r?-n?′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Reneved
(-n?d′)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Renewing
.]
[Pref.
re-
+
new
. Cf.
Renovate
.]
1.
To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to reëstablish; to recreate; to rebuild.
In such a night
Medea gathered the enchanted herbs
That did
renew
old Aeson.
Shakespeare
2.
Specifically, to substitute for (an old obligation or right) a new one of the same nature; to continue in force; to make again;
as, to
renew
a lease, note, or patent
.
3.
To begin again; to recommence.
The last great age . . .
renews
its finished course.
Dryden.
4.
To repeat; to go over again.
The birds-their notes
renew
.
Milton.
5.
(Theol.)
To make new spiritually; to regenerate.
Be ye transformed by the
renewing
of your mind.
Rom. xii. 2.

Re-new′

,
Verb.
I.
To become new, or as new; to grow or begin again.

Webster 1828 Edition

Renew

RENEW'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. renovo; re and novo, or re and new.]
1.
To renovate; to restore to a former state, or to a good state, after decay or depravation; to rebuild; to repair.
Asa renewed the altar of the Lord. 2Chron. 15.
2.
To re-establish; to confirm.
Let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom there. 1Sam. 11.
3.
To make again; as, to renew a treaty or covenant.
4.
To repeat; as, to renew expressions of friendship; to renew a promise; to renew an attempt.
5.
To revive; as, to renew the glories of an ancestor or of a former age.
6.
To begin again.
The last great age renews its finish'd course.
7.
To make new; to make fresh or vigorous; as, to renew youth; to renew strength; to renew the face of the earth.
Ps. 103. Is. 40. Ps. 104.
8.
In theology, to make new; 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. Romans 12. Eph. 4.

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