New , v. t. & i. To make new; to renew. [Obs.]
New (?), adv. Newly; recently.
Chaucer.
&fist; New is much
used in composition, adverbially, in the sense of
newly, recently, to quality other words, as in new-born, new-formed, new-found, new- mown.
Of new, anew. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
New (?), a.
[Compar. Newer (?); superl.
Newest.]
[OE. OE. newe, AS.
niwe, neowe; akin to D. nieuw, OS. niwi, OHG. niuwi, G.
neu, Icel. n&?;r, Dan. & Sw. ny, Goth. niujis, Lith.
naujas, Russ. novuii, Ir. nua, nuadh, Gael.
nuadh, W. newydd, Armor. nevez, L.
novus, Gr. &?;, Skr. nava, and prob. to E. now.
√263. See Now, and cf. Announce, Innovate, Neophyte, Novel.]
1. Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's possession; not early or long
in being; of
late origin; recent; fresh; modern; -- opposed to old, as, a
new coat; a new house; a new book; a
new fashion. "Your new wife." Chaucer.
2. Not before seen or known, although existing before; lately manifested; recently discovered; as, a new metal; a new planet; new scenes.
3. Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now commencing; different from has been; as,
a new year; a new
course or direction.
4. As if lately
begun or made; having the state or
quality of original freshness; also, changed for the better; renovated; unworn;
untried; unspent; as, rest and travel made him a new man.
Steadfasty purposing to lead a new life.
Bk.
of Com. Prayer. Men after long emaciating diets, fat, and almost new.
Bacon. 5. Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously known or famous. Addison.
6. Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed.
New to the
plow, unpracticed in the trace.
Pope. 7. Fresh from anything; newly come.
New from her sickness to that northern air.
Dryden. New birth. See under Birth. --
New Church, or New Jerusalem Church,
the church holding the doctrines taught by Emanuel Swedenborg. See Swedenborgian. -- New heart (Theol.),
a heart or character changed by the power
of God, so as to be governed
by new and holy motives. -- New land, land ckeared and cultivated for the first time. -- New light. (Zoöl.)
See Crappie.
-- New moon. (a) The moon in its first quarter, or when it first appears after being invisible.
(b) The day when the
new moon is
first seen; the first day
of the lunar month, which was a holy day among the Jews. 2 Kings
iv. 23. -- New Red Sandstone (Geol.), an old name for the formation immediately
above the coal measures or strata, now divided into the Permian and Trias. See Sandstone. -- New style. See Style. -- New testament. See under Testament. -- New
world, the land of the Western Hemisphere; -- so called because not known to
the inhabitants of the Eastern Hemisphere until recent times.
Syn. -- Novel; recent; fresh; modern. See Novel.
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