renew Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
regenerate.
- We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years
- They renewed their membership
verb cause to appear in a new form
reincarnate.
- the old product was reincarnated to appeal to a younger market

Pref. re- + new. Cf. Renovate.

imperfect & past participle Reneved present participle & verbal noun Renewing

To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to restablish; to recreate; to rebuild.
In such a night Medea gathered the enchanted herbs That did renew old son. Shak.
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.
To begin again; to recommence.
The last great age . . . renews its finished course. Dryden.
To repeat; to go over again.
The birds-their notes renew. Milton.
(Theol.) To make new spiritually; to regenerate.
Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Rom. xii. 2.