Antonyms for renovate


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ren-uh-veyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛn əˌveɪt


Definition of renovate

Origin :
  • 1520s, back-formation from renovation, or else from Latin renovatus, past participle of renovare "renew, restore" (see renovation). Related: Renovated; renovating.
  • verb fix up, modernize
Example sentences :
  • It is time to restore and renovate our communications with the Most High.
  • Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • All the German governments are at work to renovate their fire-arms.
  • Extract from : « Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 » by Adam Gurowski
  • He would have condemned and destroyed instead of trying to renovate.
  • Extract from : « Not Like Other Girls » by Rosa N. Carey
  • But his experience was that of all who buy, and renovate, and build.
  • Extract from : « Washington Irving » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • But these things cannot change and renovate the human heart.
  • Extract from : « Sermons of Christmas Evans » by Joseph Cross
  • But these things cannot change, and renovate the human heart.
  • Extract from : « Christmas Evans » by Paxton Hood
  • You can renovate your wardrobe, and I will add something to help you.
  • Extract from : « Chance in Chains » by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
  • The time had then passed for him to renovate his military laurels.
  • Extract from : « Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution » by L. Carroll Judson
  • Poor Augusta will require some change to renovate her spirits.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Thorne » by Anthony Trollope
  • I was not planning to renovate the rle, only the girl's clothes.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of an American Prima Donna » by Clara Louise Kellogg

Synonyms for renovate

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