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"renovate" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often remodel (7 letters).
Definitions
give new life or energy to
Word origin
The adjective first attested in 1440, the verb in 1535; from Middle English renovat(e) (“renewed”), from Latin renovātus, perfect passive participle of renovō (“to renew”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.
Used in a sentence
“This house is shabby: it needs renovating.”
“All shall relent Who hear me—tears as mine have flowed, shall flow, Hearts beat as mine now beats, with such intent As renovates the world; a will omnipotent! […] And power shall then abound, and hope arise once more.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Update a building”8 letters
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