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   renovate

   /ˈrɛnəveɪt/

   verb

   • 1. restore (something old, especially a building) to a good state of repair: "the old school has been tastefully renovated as a private house"
   • ▪ refresh; reinvigorate: "a little warm nourishment renovated him for a short time"

   Word Origin early 16th century: from Latin renovat- ‘made new again’, from the verb renovare, from re- ‘back, again’ + novus ‘new’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. renovator noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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   • A

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