a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 131^v Fyre haþ vertue of renewynge, for alle þingis eldiþ..ȝif þey ben nat I-kept..by vertue of fyre.

1436 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) IV. 309 (MED) Instruccion yeven by the Kyng..to..his commissaires sent into..Scotland..for þe continuacioun of the same trieues of renewyng of other.

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 3 The land..is sa turnyt now for the renewing of new lordschip.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Tiiii In the renewyng of the inwarde man.

1553 T. Paynell tr. St. Augustine 12 Serm. xii. sig. L.v^v It is not one daye alone that maketh drunkards, but the daily renuynge and multipliynge of cuppes.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 190^v Cardamus greatly commendeth this hearbe, for the comforting and renewing of a decayed memory.

1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iii. 219 I gained some renewings of that rest.

1679 J. Dryden Troilus & Cressida Pref. sig. a The quarrel..concludes with a warm renewing of their Friendship.

1688 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 283 He hath had a good yeare lately for renewing and hath received 800 li.

a1713 M. Geddes Several Tracts against Popery (1715) 170 There are undoubtedly great Sums of Money paid upon every renewing, to the Papal Camera.

1740 D. Waterland Regeneration i. 3 The Words of the Original may be rendered, by the Laver of Regeneration, and by the Renewing.

1803 Monthly Rev. Jan. 69 The recovery of what was almost perished, the renewing of the old and obsolete, the bringing up of Truth from the cave of Ignorance.

1892 Athenæum 21 May 670/2 [Herbaceous plants] will require much renewing.

1948 G. Hort tr. M. Buber Hasidism 58 Thereby the decisive step towards the renewing of the relationship with reality is taken. It is only by way of true intercourse with things and beings that man achieves true life.

1970 M. Lutyens Penguin Krishnamurti Reader iii. 243 Death is only the ending of something, and in that very ending there is a renewing.

2001 L. Caplan Children of Colonialism vii. 218 Much of the activity during the [wedding] reception involves the renewing of ties among family members and friends.

1574 tr. St. Augustine Certaine Select Prayers sig. Mvi The diademe of my hope which is garnished w^t glorie, a gladdyng light, a renewyng light, a glorious ornament.

1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 11 They sinke a Shaft downe thither..to admit a renewing vent.

1715 J. Chappelow Right Way to be Rich 141 You may take t'other Look at it... Every renewing Look enhanses the Value and Worth of it.

1807 S. Austin View Econ. Church of God ii. 20 B, influenced by the renewing action of the Holy Spirit upon his soul, penitently and gratefully, accepts the good news.

1861 A. Barnes Notes Epist. Hebrews 133/1 The expression..might include..the forgiveness of sins, the enlightening, renewing, and sanctifying influences of the Holy Spirit, or any one of the graces which that spirit imparts.

1953 Times 30 Sept. 7/4 Tradition is kept alive by the renewing force of contemporary settings of familiar works.

1988 R. Angell Season Ticket (1989) i. 11 The sparkle and renewing freshness of another summer.