[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

renovate \ren"ovate\ r?n"?-v?t, v. t. l. renovatus, p. p. of
   renovare;pref. re- re- + novare to make new, fr. novus new.
   see new, and ?? renew.
   to make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to
   renew.
   1913 webster

         all nature feels the reniovating force
         of winter.                               --thomson.
   1913 webster
see also:
new renew 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

renovate
     v 1: restore to a previous or better condition; "they renovated
          the ceiling of the sixtine chapel" syn: restitute
     2: make brighter and prettier; "we refurbished the guest wing";
        "my wife wants us to renovate" syn: refurbish, freshen
        up
     3: give new life or energy to; "a hot soup will revive me";
        "this will renovate my spirits"; "this treatment repaired
        my health" syn: animate, recreate, reanimate, revive,
         repair, quicken, vivify, revivify
see also:
restitute refurbish freshen up animate recreate reanimate 
revive repair quicken vivify revivify 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

95 moby thesaurus words for "renovate":
   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, neoterize, overhaul, patch up, polish, polish up,
   ransom, re-create, re-form, reactivate, rebuild, recapture,
   reclaim, recondition, reconstitute, reconstruct, recoup, recover,
   recuperate, redecorate, redeem, redesign, redo, reestablish,
   refashion, refit, refound, refresh, refurbish, regain, regenerate,
   rehabilitate, reinstitute, reissue, rejuvenate, rekindle, remake,
   remodel, renew, reoccupy, reorganize, repair, repeat, replevin,
   replevy, repossess, reprint, reproduce, reshape, restore,
   restructure, resume, resurrect, resuscitate, retake, retouch,
   retrieve, revamp, revindicate, revise, revitalize, revive,
   revivify, rub up, shine, spruce, spruce up, take back, tone up,
   touch up, update, vamp, vamp up

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