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Renovator

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ren·o·vate  (rn-vt)
tr.v. ren·o·vat·ed, ren·o·vat·ing, ren·o·vates
1. To restore to an earlier condition, as by repairing or remodeling.
2. To impart new vigor to; revive.
[Latin renovre, renovt- : re-, re- + novre, to make new (from novus, new; see newo- in Indo-European roots).]
reno·vation n.
reno·vative adj.
reno·vator n.
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Noun1.Renovator - a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniturerenovator - a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture
preserver, refinisher, restorer
skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills
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Casaubon inquired, but before the day was far advanced he led the way to the studio of his friend Adolf Naumann, whom he mentioned as one of the chief renovators of Christian art, one of those who had not only revived but expanded that grand conception of supreme events as mysteries at which the successive ages were spectators, and in relation to which the great souls of all periods became as it were contemporaries.
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