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renovize

renovize verb: to renovate or modernize.

Verb

renovize (third-person singular simple present renovizes, present participle renovizing, simple past and past participle renovized)

  1. (dated) To renovate or modernize.
    • To renovize is to be smart, and thrifty, especially at this time. Labor costs and material costs are low.1933, Ladies' Home Journal - Volume 50, page 153
    • How can we do our part in assisting in the general recovery of the Country? Renovize, and in so doing we make a good investment for ourselves; put men back to work and get money back into circulation, which in the end will come back to us through other channels.1934, Arthur B. Heaton, “Renovize Now and Help in the General Recovery”, in The Octagon, volume 6

Forms of renovize

third-person singular presentrenovizes
present participlerenovizing
past participlerenovized
pastrenovized
alternative formrenovise

Origin of renovize

From re- + novel + -ize, Coined in connection with various community campaigns in the early 1930s that attempted to stimulate the building trades.

Questions about renovize

What does renovize mean?
Renovize means to renovate or modernize.
What part of speech is renovize?
Renovize is a verb.
What is the past tense of renovize?
The past tense of renovize is renovized.

Words near renovize in the dictionary

  1. renovicts
  2. renovise
  3. renovised
  4. renovises
  5. renovising
  6. renovize
  7. renovized
  8. renovizes
  9. renovizing
  10. renowme
  11. renowmed

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