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RENEWED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Restored to a new condition
Example:
felt renewed strength
Classified under:
Similar:
revived (restored to consciousness or life or vigor)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb renew
Context examples:
Amid renewed thanks and with promises to come again, the two squires bade their leave of the old Italian glass-stainer and his daughter.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The fresh air revived me, and with renewed determination I approached the door of their cottage.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
The confession completely renewed her first shame—and the sight of Harriet's tears made her think that she should never be in charity with herself again.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
In the morning Henry renewed the fire and cooked breakfast to the accompaniment of his partner's snoring.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
"It is my friend Professor Challenger," and amid laughter he renewed his lecture as if this was a final explanation and no more need be said.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Again we saw the dim silhouette of a crouching man and the whisk of the small flame across the window as the signals were renewed.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
She was obliged to step over the bodies of the sleepers, who were lying close together, and every moment she was filled with renewed dread lest she should awaken them.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
“An’ wot ’re you snifflin’ about?” he burst out at me, with renewed rage.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
I also became once more known to his sister, Miss Micawber, in whom, as Mr. Micawber told us, “her mother renewed her youth, like the Phoenix”.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
It was very desirable that the connexion should be renewed, if it could be done, without any compromise of propriety on the side of the Elliots.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
