Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Coming again into being; showing renewed growth or vigor.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Springing or rising into being again; reproduced; reappearing; rejuvenated.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Springing or rising again into being; being born again, or reproduced.
  • adjective See Renaissant.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Experiencing renewed vigor; being reborn.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective rising again as to new life and vigor

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin renāscēns, renāscent-, present participle of renāscī, to be born again; see renaissance.]

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word renascent.

Examples

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.