▪ I. anew, adv.
(əˈnjuː)
Forms: α. 1 of-niowe, 4–6 of newe, 5– of new. β. 4–6 of the new(e, 7 of anew. γ. 4–6 on new. δ. 4 onew, 5 anewe, 6– anew.
[A-new, earlier o-new, prob. for of new: cf. of old, and see a- prefix 3. OE. had ˈedniwan, ˈedniwe (with stress on ed- which would not give aˈnew); also simple adv. niwan, 2–3 neowen, neowe, 3–4 newe, still in compounds new, as new-laid. For edniwan the Rushw. gloss has of niowe, and of newe is the common form from 14th to 16th c. The occasional on new is probably only bad form of oˈnew. Cf. also the Fr. equivalents de nouveau à nouveau, and à neuf.]
1. A second time as a new trial or action, over again, afresh, once more.
| α [c 1000 Ags. Gosp. John iii. 7 Eow ᵹebyrað þætte ᵹe beon acennede edniwan.] c 975 Rushw. ibid. Bihofað iow alle (nasci) of-niowe. c 1430 Lydg. Bochas i. ii. (1544) 5 a, Nimrod..in his errour procedeth forth of new. 1509 Barclay Ship of Fooles (1570) ¶¶j, It was expedient that of newe some lettered man..shoulde awake and touche the open vices of fooles. 1636 Rutherford Lett. 66 (1862) I. 174, I find old sores bleeding of new. 1653 Urquhart Rabelais (1859) I. 116 Should take good heart of new. 1865 M{supc}Lennan Prim. Marriage viii. 228 The threads of legal history..began to unwind themselves, of new, after..a social revolution. |
| β c 1449 Pecock Repr. 378 Therfore y wole not thilk processe here aȝen of the newe reherce. 1535 Coverdale 1 Kings xx. 22 The kynge of Syria shall come agaynst the of the New. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 624 He..occupyit all Ingland of the new. 1653 H. More Conject. Cabbal. (1713) 95 He now creates nothing of anew. |
| γ c 1380 Wyclif Three Treat. 27 Newe customs..bi whiche thei spuylen on new the puple. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. I. 382 And stoutlie straik with greit curage on new. |
| δ c 1340 Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 65 Nowel nayted o-newe, neuened ful ofte. 1494 Fabyan iv. lxx. 49 Nat longe after, the sayd Octauius gaderyd anewe people of Britons and Norways. 1535 Coverdale Jer. xviii. 4 So he beganne a new, and made another vessell. 1604 Shakes. Oth. iv. i. 85 For I will make him tell the Tale anew. 1696 Whiston Th. Earth iv. (1722) 325 The Sun would anew hide himself in a thick Mist. 1770 Burke Pres. Discont. Wks. II. 229 The power of the crown almost dead and rotten..has grown up anew. 1846 Keble Lyra Innoc. (1873) 50 Then died away, then rose and moaned anew. 1866 Kingsley Herew. vi. 125 They sped him forth to begin life anew. |
2. In a new or different way from the previous.
| c 1386 Chaucer Clerk's T. 882 Ther kan no man..been half so trewe As wommen been, but it be falle of newe. c 1400 Rom. Rose 5174 If I hate men of newe, More than love it wole me rewe. 1632 Shaks. Cent. Praise 191 To steere th' affections, and by heavenly fire Mould us anew. 1712 Addison Spect. No. 447 ¶1 Custom is a second Nature. It is indeed able to form the Man anew. 1807 Crabbe Par. Reg. ii. 253 Now clothed himself anew, and acted overseer. 1843 J. Martineau Chr. Life 77 The system is edited anew. |
† 3. Newly, freshly, recently; in opposition to
of old.
| c 1380 Wyclif Three Treat. 3 Thes synnen not of the newe but purgen her olde synnes. c 1400 Rom. Rose 3875 His falsenesse is not now anew, It is too long that he him knew. c 1449 Pecock Repr. 532 Religiosite foundun of newe bi men..sett and joyned with the al hool lawe of Crist. 1509 Hawes Past. Pleas. xxix. iii, He wente to lande..And wedde there one that was comen anewe. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 609 Sic aventure wes hapnit of the new. 1728 Col. Records Penn. III. 294 They had of new visited the said ship. |
† 4. Newly, as something new, in opposition to what has existed long and is now old.
Obs.| c 1543 W. Clebe MS. Addit. No. 4609 Hath made..a new halle with a squillery, saucery, and surveyng place, al of new. 1570 Holinshed Scot. Chron. (1806) I. 357 He restored the other two to their former beauties, and furthermore erected two other of new. 1582 Durh. Wills & Inv. (1860) 88 One cundithe of leade, which was made of new. |
▪ II. † aˈnew, v. Obs. [perh. represents OE. edniwian, f. ed again + new; perh. a later formation with a- prefix 1. Cf. OHG. irniuwôn, mod.G. erneuen.] To renew.
| [a 1000 O.E. Psalms (Sp.) ciii. 31 Ð{uacu} edniwast ans{iacu}ne eorþan.] 1399 Rich. Redeless iii. 24 [The hart] ffedith him on the venym his ffelle to a-newe. ? a 1500 MS. Lincoln Med. 284 Tak May butter and comyne..and thane laye it on the eghe, and ofte anewe it. 1579 Fulke Heskins's Parl. 503 Hee anueth also a saying of Oecumenius. 1690 Lady R. Russell in Four Cent. Eng. Lett. 130 You must anew in practice that submission you have so powerfully tried. |