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Renew

To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to re/stablish; to recreate; to rebuild.

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Manner of action 17

Freshen 76% connected

To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salt; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Modernize 76% connected

To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste.

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Overhaul 76% connected

To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reconstruct 76% connected

To construct again; to rebuild; to remodel; to form again or anew.

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Refresh 76% connected

To make fresh again; to restore strength, spirit, animation, or the like, to; to relieve from fatigue or depression; to reinvigorate; to enliven anew…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Refurbish 76% connected

To furbish anew.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rejuvenate 76% connected

To render young again.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Remold 76% connected

Alt. of Remould

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Remould 76% connected

To mold or shape anew or again; to reshape.

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Renovate 76% connected

To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew.

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Replace 76% connected

To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.

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Restitute 76% connected

To restore to a former state.

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Restore 76% connected

To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to recover.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Retread 76% connected

To tread again.

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Revamp 76% connected

To vamp again; hence, to patch up; to reconstruct.

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Revitalize 76% connected

To restore vitality to; to bring back to life.

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Broader term 5

Re-create 76% connected

To create or form anew.

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Recreate 76% connected

To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to refresh after wearying toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; to divert; to amuse; to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Regenerate 76% connected

Reproduced.

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Rejuvenate 76% connected

To render young again.

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Restore 76% connected

To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to recover.

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Derivationally related 2

Renewal 74% connected

The act of renewing, or the state of being renewed; as, the renewal of a treaty.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Renewal 74% connected

The act of renewing, or the state of being renewed; as, the renewal of a treaty.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Regenerate 92% connected

Reproduced.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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