单词 | renewment |
释义 | renewmentn. Now rare. Renewal (in various senses); an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun] > renovation or renewal renewinga1398 renovation?a1475 renovelty1477 renewc1500 renewance1569 renewment1570 renewal1603 repair1637 apocatastasis1678 rehabilitation1830 redevelopment1882 face-lifting1937 rehabbing1968 evergreening1972 the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > [noun] > recommencing or resuming > of an agreement, action, etc. renovation1529 renewal1603 renewment1812 1570 A. Golding tr. D. Chytræus Postil ii. 18 The beginning and first frutes of which life, is the renewment of the holy ghost. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xviii. 44) It was an incredible renewment, that he did not only soodeinly set vp the people agein [etc.]. 1637 R. Humfrey tr. St. Ambrose Christian Offices Pref. The renewment of the heart is proper to the spirit. 1772 J. Johnson Let. 7 Oct. in Joshua Johnson's Letterbk. (1979) 49 I..now take liberty to recommend the utmost activity in procuring renewments. 1812 G. Chalmers Hist. View Domest. Econ. Great Brit. & Ireland 204 The renewment of our commercial treaty with Russia. 1836 T. Bland Rep. High Court of Chancery Maryland 1 277 Any renewment of a contract, which has been thus satisfied, barred or extinguished, can only be effected by the exercise of a similar capacity to contract. 1901 Nebraska State Jrnl. (Lincoln) 17 Nov. 14/2 The president..has decided to recommend the renewment of the Chinese exclusion act. 2002 J. Oestreich in P. Rogers Salt Glazing ix. 188 A good pot is also one I can return to days and years later and find renewment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1570 |
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