renovate
verb
[ ˈrɛnəveɪt ]
• restore (something old, especially a building) to a good state of repair.
• "the old school has been tastefully renovated as a private house"
Similar:
modernize,
restore,
redecorate,
refurbish,
revamp,
make over,
recondition,
rehabilitate,
overhaul,
repair,
redevelop,
rebuild,
reconstruct,
remodel,
update,
bring up to date,
improve,
upgrade,
gentrify,
refit,
re-equip,
refurnish,
bring something up to code,
do up,
fix up,
give something a facelift,
vamp up,
tart up,
rehab,
Origin:
early 16th century: from Latin renovat- ‘made new again’, from the verb renovare, from re- ‘back, again’ + novus ‘new’.
