renewing

English

Verb

renewing

  1. present participle and gerund of renew

Noun

renewing (plural renewings)

  1. A renewal.

Adjective

renewing (comparative more renewing, superlative most renewing)

  1. That renews someone; pleasantly fresh and different; granting vitality and energy.
    • 2021 January 7, Jillian Tamaki, “How the Bible Divided, and United, Allan Gurganus and His Father”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      I am so sunk in the work’s psychology, I feel almost an alien, some renewing life form.
    • 2019 December 28, Melanie MacFarland, “Best TV episodes of the decade, a highly subjective list”, in Salon‎[2]:
      And with that, Hannibal leaves his enemies on the floor bathing in their own scarlet before stepping outside to a renewing baptism by rainfall before disappearing into the night.
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