renovate
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- 13
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- 8
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Definition of renovate
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To renew; to revamp something to make it look new again.
“This house is shabby: it needs renovating.”
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verb
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(transitive)To renew; to revamp something to make it look new again.
“This house is shabby: it needs renovating.”
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(transitive)To restore to freshness or vigor.
“All shall relent Who hear me—tears as mine have flowed, shall flow, Hearts beat as mine now beats, with such intent As renovates the world; a will omnipotent! […] And power shall then abound, and hope arise once more.”
adj
- (obsolete)renovated
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
The adjective first attested in 1440, the verb in 1535; from Middle English renovat(e) (“renewed”), from Latin renovātus, perfect passive participle of renovō (“to renew”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.
Words you can make from renovate
173 playable · top: OVERNEAT (11 pts)
Best play overneat 11 points7-letter words
4 words6-letter words
9 words5-letter words
37 words- AVERT 8 pts
- EVENT 8 pts
- EVERT 8 pts
- NERVE 8 pts
- NEVER 8 pts
- NOVAE 8 pts
- OVATE 8 pts
- OVERT 8 pts
- RAVEN 8 pts
- REAVE 8 pts
- REVET 8 pts
- ROVEN 8 pts
- TRAVE 8 pts
- TROVE 8 pts
- VEENA 8 pts
- VENAE 8 pts
- VOTER 8 pts
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- ATONE 5 pts
- EATEN 5 pts
- EATER 5 pts
- ENATE 5 pts
- ENTER 5 pts
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- OATER 5 pts
- ORATE 5 pts
- RANEE 5 pts
- RENTE 5 pts
- TENOR 5 pts
- TERNE 5 pts
- TONER 5 pts
- TREEN 5 pts
- TRONA 5 pts
- TRONE 5 pts
4-letter words
52 words- ARVO 7 pts
- AVER 7 pts
- EAVE 7 pts
- EVEN 7 pts
- EVER 7 pts
- NAVE 7 pts
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- VETO 7 pts
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- AEON 4 pts
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- EARN 4 pts
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- NOTE 4 pts
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- TOEA 4 pts
- TONE 4 pts
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3-letter words
53 words- AVE 6 pts
- AVO 6 pts
- EVE 6 pts
- NAV 6 pts
- OVA 6 pts
- REV 6 pts
- TAV 6 pts
- VAN 6 pts
- VAR 6 pts
- VAT 6 pts
- VEE 6 pts
- VET 6 pts
- VOE 6 pts
- ANE 3 pts
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- NAE 3 pts
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- NET 3 pts
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- NOT 3 pts
- OAR 3 pts
- OAT 3 pts
- ONE 3 pts
- ORA 3 pts
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- RAN 3 pts
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- REE 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- ROE 3 pts
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- TAE 3 pts
- TAN 3 pts
- TAO 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEE 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TOE 3 pts
- TON 3 pts
- TOR 3 pts
2-letter words
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