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Definition of "renovate" []

  • To restore to an earlier condition, as by repairing or remodeling. (verb-transitive)
  • To impart new vigor to; revive. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "renovate" in a sentence
  • "Having your parents drive through your living room so you can renovate is just bloody brilliant!"
  • "Jim and the other young man took a job on their own, helping Alex Ghiselin renovate a house."
  • "I remember what happened a few years ago when Archsodomite Rembert Weakland of Milwaukee decided to "renovate" his cathedral, tearing apart a beautiful reredos and replacing it with a grand new pipe organ !"