renew

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1. 1.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.
2. 2.To begin again; to recommence. The last great age . . . renews its finished course. Dryden.
3. 3.To repeat; to go over again. The birds-their notes renew. Milton.
4. 4.(Theol.) To make new spiritually; to regenerate. Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Rom. xii.
5. 5.To become new, or as new; to grow or begin again.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is 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 called?
• What is to begin again; to recommence. The last great age . . . renews its finished course. Dryden called?
• What is to repeat; to go over again. The birds-their notes renew. Milton called?
• What is to make new spiritually; to regenerate. Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Rom. xii called?
• What is to become new, or as new; to grow or begin again called?