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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  New  \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  [root]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  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}.  (Zo["o]l.)  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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