• 1. a revival or rebirth, esp of culture and learning
• 2. C19: from French, from Latin re- + nasc i to be born

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• 1. the spirit, culture, art, science, and thought of this period. Characteristics of the Renaissance are usually considered to include intensified classical scholarship, scientific and geographical discovery, a sense of individual human potentialities, and the assertion of the active and secular over the religious and contemplative life
• 2. ( as modifier ) - See also Early Renaissance High Renaissance
• 3. of, characteristic of, or relating to the Renaissance, its culture, etc

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