"renovize" meaning in English

See renovize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: renovizes [present, singular, third-person], renovizing [participle, present], renovized [participle, past], renovized [past]
Etymology: re- + novel + -ize, Coined in connection with various community campaigns in the early 1930s that attempted to stimulate the building trades. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|re|novel|ize}} re- + novel + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} renovize (third-person singular simple present renovizes, present participle renovizing, simple past and past participle renovized)
  1. (dated) To renovate or modernize. Tags: dated Synonyms: renovise

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