Category:New

New, a. [compar. Newer; superl. Newest.] Etym: [oe. Oe. newe, as. Niwe, neowe; akin to d. nieuw, os. niwi, ohg. niuwi, g. neu, icel. n, Dan. & sw. ny, goth. niujis, lith. naujas, russ. novuii, ir. nua, Nuadh, gael. nuadh, w. newydd, armor. nevez, l. novus, gr. nava, and Prob. to e. now. 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 kniwn 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.

New New, adv.

Defn: newly; recently. Chaucer.

Note: 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 New, v. t. & i.

Defn: to make new; to renew. [obs.]