renew

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Plain form
renew

Third-person singular
renews

Past tense
renewed

Past participle
renewed

Present participle
renewing

  1. Renew means to refresh.
    My energies were renewed after taking a nap.
  2. Renew means to re-negotiate.
    The studio renewed the actor's contract.
  3. Renew means to reissue a library book.
    Customer: Librarian, may I renew this book for another week?
    Librarian: It's been renewed twice. You can't keep renewing it. Other customers want to read it.

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