renovate

(verb)

verb

1. restore to a previous or better condition

- They renovated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Similar word(s): restitute

Definition categories: change, regenerate, renew

2. make brighter and prettier

- My wife wants us to renovate

Similar word(s): refurbish

Definition categories: change, regenerate, renew

3. give new life or energy to

- This will renovate my spirits

Similar word(s): animate, quicken, reanimate, recreate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify

Definition categories: body, arouse, brace, energise, energize, stimulate