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novare [CL] 1 to make or devise as new. credendum ‥ est primum factorem nec creatum esse nec ~atum sed eternum necessario Petrus Dial. 23; nichil enim se unquam aut creare aut ~are poterit: et sic creatorum aut ~atorum numerus fine carebit Ib.; dum fuit in terris, non omnes quos sibi legit / Cristus, erant fidi, lege novante Dei Gower VC IV 678. 2 to replace with another of the same sort, to replenish, give anew, resupply, or sim; a (crop or sim.); b (stock). a a1219 cum omnibus decimis ‥ de apibus, de ortis, et de omnibus que ~antur per annum Reg. Tristernagh 90. b palmas mundate post prandia; vina novate [gl.: de novo date] Garl. Mor. Scol. 193. 3 to make different from previous state or condition, to change, alter (in quot., status quo). eum quidem prudentissime ‥ . si rem ~are mallent perfida mobilitate, quanta sese agunt W. Poit. I 41. 4 to replace by or exchange for something new; (leg.) to novate. s1428 si quod sibi compeciit in decimis ipsis, occasione dictarum dacionis, donacionis, concessionis, et confirmacionis, pretense, pro quadam annua pensione pecuniaria, sibi a dicta ecclesia de Horpolle solvenda, ~arunt et in eandem pensionem ‥ commutarunt Amund. I 243. 5 to make as new, regenerate, renew, revive; b (person, w. ref. to making beautiful or attractive); c (fallow land, w. ref. to Jer iv 3); d (abstr. or fig.). finiendum suo termino finivit, continuanda continuavit, et innovanda ~avit Gros. Cess. Leg. I 10. 31. b hoc novaculum, i. rasorium, quia ~at hominem Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 376 (v. novacula 1a); [femine] purpurea veste letantur sepe novari D. Bec. 2246. c 804 ~are prius novalia Alcuin Ep. 311 (v. novalis 3b). d in cruce confixus jam saecula prisca novavit Aldh. Met. 10 p. 87; ut salutare tuum ‥ in ~andis [AS: niwungum] cordibus oriatur Rit. Durh. 2. 6 (intr., of moon) to enter a new phase. que modo luna novat, cum cornua plena coibunt / arte nova ficti, criminis ultor ero Babio 317.

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