renovate

Verb
  1. Restore to a previous or better condition (synset 200164009)
    "They renovated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel"
    is a type of: regenerate, renew - reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
    same as: restitute
  2. Make brighter and prettier (synset 200163249)
    "we refurbished the guest wing"; "My wife wants us to renovate"
    is a type of: regenerate, renew - reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
    subtypes: gentrify - renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations
    same as: freshen up, refurbish
  3. Give new life or energy to (synset 200024272)
    "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
    is a type of: arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate - cause to be alert and energetic
    same as: animate, quicken, reanimate, recreate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify
    verb group: come to, resuscitate, revive - return to consciousness

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