Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective Over again, anew.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Anew; from the beginning.
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- adjective
Anew ,afresh , from the beginning; without consideration of previous instances, proceedings or determinations. - adverb
anew (from the beginning)
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- adverb from the beginning
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin dē novō.]
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From the Latin adverb dē novō ("from the new"); from dē ("from") + novō, the ablative singular of novus ("new").
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Examples
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It is de novo (meaning it is not hereditary), and the effects are progressive.
The girl with a will to live: the love, hope and pain of raising Elsie – my one in 163 million daughter Christelle Randall 2026
john commented on the word de novo
“Many of the big, multistage firms aren’t really venture firms in the classic sense anymore,” said Chris Douvos, co-head of private equity investing at the Investment Fund for Foundations. The deals they do “may be good risk-adjusted bets, but are a far cry from the de novo innovation that people look for in venture,” he said.
The New York Times, Silicon Valley Firm Raises Big Fund for Mix of Deals, by Claire Cain Miller, November 18, 2009
November 19, 2009