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RENOVATE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give new life or energy to

Example:

This treatment repaired my health

Synonyms:

animate; quicken; reanimate; recreate; renovate; repair; revive; revivify; vivify

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "renovate" is one way to...):

arouse; brace; energise; energize; perk up; stimulate (cause to be alert and energetic)

Verb group:

come to; resuscitate; revive (return to consciousness)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make brighter and prettier

Example:

My wife wants us to renovate

Synonyms:

freshen up; refurbish; renovate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "renovate" is one way to...):

regenerate; renew (reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "renovate"):

gentrify (renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

renovation (the act of improving by renewing and restoring)

renovation (the state of being restored to its former good condition)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Restore to a previous or better condition

Example:

They renovated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Synonyms:

renovate; restitute

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "renovate" is one way to...):

regenerate; renew (reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

renovation (the act of improving by renewing and restoring)

renovation (the state of being restored to its former good condition)

renovator (a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture)

Credits

 Context examples: 

You may now see the chance to move, renovate, repair, or decorate.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Lifestyle changes like moving, buying, selling, or renting property, or renovating, making repairs, or decorating often require a considerable outlay of cash.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You may be closing on your house at that time, or if you already bought your house, you might be ready to renovate it and find out you are approved for a home improvement loan.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you aren’t moving, renovating, repairing, or decorating your home, you may be thinking about how to best help a parent, who, as the person who nurtured you in life, is also covered by the fourth house of home.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Most of the month, the Sun will be transiting your fourth house of home, so your family may help you with a down payment on a new house or condo, or you may be thinking of renovating your present home and talk to contractors and designers.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)