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renovating, ppl. a.|ˈrɛnəʊveɪtɪŋ|
[f. prec. + -ing2.]
That renovates.
1641Milton Animadv. Wks. 1851 III. 219 As if a man should taxe the renovating and re-ingendring Spirit of God with innovation. 1726–46Thomson Winter 704 All Nature feels the renovating force Of Winter. 1811W. R. Spencer Poems 39 The world has felt thy renovating rays. 1830D'Israeli Chas. I, III. iii. 22 Charles probably meditated to infuse a renovating vigour into his languid administration. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. II. v. 62 The renovating blessings of animal life and restoring warmth.
b. renovating spring (see remontoir).
1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 519, E is the renovating or remontoire spring, fixed to the same stud.
Hence ˈrenovatingly adv.
1885Meredith Diana xxxix, Her fall had brought her renovatingly to earth. |