2 definitions found
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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
newest
adj : in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style; "wears
only the latest style"; "the last thing in swimwear";
"knows the newest dances"; "cutting-edge technology";
"a with-it boutique" [syn: {latest}, {last}, {up-to-date},
{cutting-edge}, {with-it}]