recondition, renovate

recondition, renovate
In the sense of improving by restoring or remodeling, recondition and renovate are interchangeable: "The new owner will recondition (or renovate) the house." Recondition is a somewhat stronger word than renovate, implying a more thorough overhauling or more extensive alterations. Having a hat cleaned and blocked results in a renovation. Having an automobile overhauled is a reconditioning process. Renovate has the added meaning of "to revive," "to impart new vigor to": "The physician claims that a long vacation will renovate you."

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  • renovate — See recondition. See recondition, renovate …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • recondition — See recondition, renovate …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • recondition — index change, fix (repair), reconstitute, reconstruct, rehabilitate, renew (refurbish), renovate …   Law dictionary

  • recondition — ► VERB 1) condition again. 2) Brit. overhaul or renovate …   English terms dictionary

  • renovate — I verb ameliorate, amend, convert, fix, improve, make better, make new, make over, make sound, make whole, meliorate, mend, modernize, perfect, readjust, reanimate, rebuild, recondition, reconstitute, reconstruct, reconvert, recreate, redeem,… …   Law dictionary

  • renovate — [v] fix up, modernize clean, cleanse, do*, do up*, face lift*, gussy up*, make over, overhaul, reactivate, recondition, reconstitute, recreate, refit, reform, refresh, refurbish, rehabilitate, rekindle, remake, remodel, renew, repair, restore,… …   New thesaurus

  • renovate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. renew, restore, repair, freshen, purify. See restoration. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. refurbish, rehabilitate, fix up*, give a face lift*; see renew 1 , restore 3 . See Synonym Study at renew . III… …   English dictionary for students

  • recondition — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. repair, renew, overhaul, renovate, restore, regenerate, rejuvenate. See restoration. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To bring back to a previous normal condition: rebuild, reclaim, reconstruct,… …   English dictionary for students

  • recondition — Synonyms and related words: cobble, commission, condition, darn, do up, doctor, face lift, fix, fix up, furbish, mend, overhaul, patch, patch up, put in commission, put in order, put in repair, put in shape, ready, recap, reclaim, reeducate,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • renovate — Synonyms and related words: brighten up, brush up, clean, cleanse, coin, copy, do over, do up, duplicate, face lift, fix, fix up, freshen, furbish, furbish up, get back, inaugurate, innovate, invent, make over, mint, modernize, neologize,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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