Entry Word: renew

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to bring back to a former condition or vigor <the trip to New York renewed our enthusiasm for travel>

Synonyms freshen, recreate, refresh, refreshen, regenerate, rejuvenate, restore, revitalize, revive

Related Words make over, refurbish, rehabilitate, remake, remodel, renovate; refill, replenish, resupply

2 to begin again or return to after an interruption <with daybreak, the rescue team will renew its efforts to reach the stranded hikers> — see resume
3 to bring back to life, practice, or activity <the spate of recent movies based on classic comic book characters has renewed interest in the comics themselves> — see revive 1