NEW

new. New, a. fresh, late, modern, repaired, uncommon

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New (nū), a. [Compar. Newer (–ẽr); superl. Newest.] [[OE. OE. newe, AS. niwe, neowe; akin to D. nieuw, OS. niwi, OHG. niuwi, G. neu, Icel. nȳr, Dan. & Sw. ny, Goth. niujis, Lith. naujas, Russ. novuii, Ir. nua, nuadh, Gael. nuadh, W. newydd, Armor. nevez, L. novus, Gr. νέοσ, Skr. nava, and prob. to E. now. √263. See Now, and cf. Announce, Innovate, Neophyte, Novel.]] 1. 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. 2. Not before seen or known, although existing before; lately manifested; recently discovered; as, a new metal; a new planet; new scenes.
3. 3. Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now commencing; different from what has been; as, a new year; a new course or direction.
4. 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. 5. Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously known or famous. Addison.
6. 6. Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed.
New to the plow, unpracticed in the trace. Pope. 7. 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 cleared and cultivated for the first time. — New light. (Zoöl.) 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.