RENAISSANCE
\ɹɪnˈe͡ɪsəns], \ɹɪnˈeɪsəns], \ɹ_ɪ_n_ˈeɪ_s_ə_n_s]\
Definitions of RENAISSANCE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A new birth, or revival.
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The transitional movement in Europe, marked by the revival of classical learning and art in Italy in the 15th century, and the similar revival following in other countries.
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A new birth, or revival.
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The transitional movement in Europe, marked by the revival of classical learning and art in Italy in the 15th century, and the similar revival following in other countries.
By Noah Webster.
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A new birth; a coming to life again, especially in art; Renaissance, the revival of learning and the arts in Europe during the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries; the style of art of that period. Also, renascence.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The period (in the 15th century) at which the revival of arts and letters took place, marking the transition from the middle ages to the modern world.
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Relating to the foregoing.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French] The revival of letters and arts after the middle ages, usually dated from the end of fifteenth century;—a style of architecture introduced as a reaction from the Gothic, partly classic and party Byzantine, but with florid decorations peculiar to itself;—a style of ornamentation in sculptured, carved, or chased work, in which the subjects are classical, but the treatment less simple, chaste, and quiet than the antique models.
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