Verb: renovate 're-nu,veyt
- Restore to a previous or better condition
"They renovated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel";
- restitute
- Redecorate and brighten up to make nicer for inhabiting and/or use
"My wife wants us to renovate";
- refurbish, freshen up, do up
- Give new life or energy to
"This will renovate my spirits";
- animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify
Derived forms: renovated, renovates, renovating
Type of: arouse, brace, energise [Brit], energize, perk up, regenerate, renew, stimulate, stir
Encyclopedia: Renovate