RENEW', v.t. [L. renovo; re and novo, or re and new.] 1. To renovate; to restore to a former state, or to a good state, after decay or depravation; to rebuild; to repair.Asa renewed the altar of the Lord. 2Chron. 15.2. To re-establish; to confirm.Let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom there. 1Sam. 11.3. To make again; as, to renew a treaty or covenant.4. To repeat; as, to renew expressions of friendship; to renew a promise; to renew an attempt.5. To revive; as, to renew the glories of an ancestor or of a former age.6. To begin again.The last great age renews its finish'd course.7. To make new; to make fresh or vigorous; as, to renew youth; to renew strength; to renew the face of the earth. Ps. 103. Is. 40. Ps. 104. 8. In theology, to make new; to renovate; to transform; to change from natural enmity to the love of God and his law; to implant holy affections in the heart; to regenerate.Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12. Eph. 4.
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