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a·new

 (ə-no͞o′, ə-nyo͞o′)
adv.
1. Once more; again.
2. In a new and different way, form, or manner.

[Middle English : a, of (from Old English of; see of) + new, new thing (from Old English nīwe; see new), or a-, on; see a-2 + new.]
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anew

(əˈnjuː)
adv
1. over again; once more
2. in a different way; afresh
[Old English of nīwe; see of, new]
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a•new

(əˈnu, əˈnyu)

adv.
1. over again; once more: to play the tune anew.
2. in a new form or manner: to write the story anew.
[before 1000; Middle English onew, of newe, Old English of niowe; see a-2]
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Adv.1.anew - again but in a new or different way; "start afresh"; "wanted to write the story anew"; "starting life anew in a fresh place"
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anew

adverb again, once again, once more, over again, from the beginning, from scratch, another time, afresh She's ready to start anew.
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anew

adverb
Once more:
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Translations

anew

[əˈnjuː] ADV (liter) → de nuevo, otra vez
to begin anewcomenzar de nuevo, volver a empezar
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anew

[əˈnjuː] adv [start, begin] → de plus belle
to be born anew → renaître
to start life anew → commencer une nouvelle vie
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anew

adv
(= again)aufs Neue; let’s start anewfangen wir wieder von vorn or von Neuem an
(= in a new way)auf eine neue Art und Weise
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anew

[əˈnjuː] adv (liter) → di nuovo
to begin anew → ricominciare
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References in classic literature ?
I have had unformed ideas of striving afresh, beginning anew, shaking off sloth and sensuality, and fighting out the abandoned fight.
Finally, to those nations who would make themselves our adversaries, we offer not a pledge but a request: that both sides begin anew the quest for peace; before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction.
Tess, surprised beyond measure, slid farther back still on her seat, at which he urged the horse anew, and rocked her the more.
I wish them neither to learn afresh, nor teach anew, but only to bid farewell to their own bodies,--and thus be dumb.
He said he was after the stove-polish man; and with this he broke out cursing and swearing anew. The bulletin-boarder referred to was Sir Ossaise of Surluse, a brave knight, and of considerable celebrity on account of his having tried conclusions in a tournament once, with no less a Mogul that Sir Gaheris himself -- although not successfully.
She realized that she had neglected her reading, and determined to start anew upon a course of improving studies, now that her time was completely her own to do with as she liked.
Indirect tactics, efficiently applied, are inexhaustible as Heaven and Earth, unending as the flow of rivers and streams; like the sun and moon, they end but to begin anew; like the four seasons, they pass away to return once more.
The women burst anew into cries as if they had all been stabbed.
And if it be inquired how this heat is communicated to the other members, must it not be admitted that this is effected by means of the blood, which, passing through the heart, is there heated anew, and thence diffused over all the body?
Let us for this day cease fighting; hereafter we will fight anew till heaven decide between us, and give victory to one or to the other; night is now falling, and the behests of night may not be well gainsaid.
Yes; and many is the time, when, after the severest uninterrupted labors, which know no night; continuing straight through for ninety-six hours; when from the boat, where they have swelled their wrists with all day rowing on the Line, --they only step to the deck to carry vast chains, and heave the heavy windlass, and cut and slash, yea, and in their very sweatings to be smoked and burned anew by the combined fires of the equatorial sun and the equatorial try-works; when, on the heel of all this, they have finally bestirred themselves to cleanse the ship, and make a spotless dairy room of it; many is the time the poor fellows, just buttoning the necks of their clean frocks, are startled by the cry of There she blows!
As then we have determined these points, we will leave the rest to be spoken to in another place, as if the subject was now finished; and beginning again anew, first consider the sentiments of those who have treated of the most perfect forms of government.