The Collaborative International Dictionary
New \New\ (n[=u]), a. [Compar. Newer (n[=u]"[~e]r); superl. Newest.] [OE. OE. newe, AS. niwe, neowe; akin to D. nieuw, OS. niwi, OHG. niuwi, G. neu, Icel. n[=y]r, Dan. & Sw. ny, Goth. niujis, Lith. naujas, Russ. novuii, Ir. nua, nuadh, Gael. nuadh, W. newydd, Armor. nevez, L. novus, Gr. ne`os, Skr. nava, and prob. to E. now. [root]263. See Now, and cf. Announce, Innovate, Neophyte, Novel.]
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.Not before seen or known, although existing before; lately manifested; recently discovered; as, a new metal; a new planet; new scenes.
Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now commencing; different from what has been; as, a new year; a new course or direction.
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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. Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously known or famous.
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Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed.
New to the plow, unpracticed in the trace.
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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. (Zo["o]l.) See Crappie. New moon.
The moon in its first quarter, or when it first appears after being invisible.
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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.
Usage examples of "new light".
A slim band of new light fell across her shoulder from a slit window in the obelisk wall.
In all the excitement O'Neil failed to notice a new light on her console.
It put a new light on Hylton's personality, and explained a lot about his newfound patience where Simon was concerned.
And I see him in you as well, Niana, and I see him in the deeds of the guilds and in all the workings of this new Light Age.
The official story, of course, fueling a spirit of public optimism and buoyancy toward the future, was one of leadership reborn, burying hatchets and about to bring the Golden Age in a new light of understanding that external forces had obstructed before.
But now there was a new light, rising all around him, even brighter than the rocket light that bathed the Kazakhstan steppe.
I was just beginning to turn over plans for escaping the walls afterward when a new light flared out far below.
If this be Methodism, Plato and Socrates were arrant Methodists, and New Light men.
In any event with the new light muskets and the drill he had had the men engage in, he was seeing nearly two shots a minute from many of his men, and three shots every two minutes from all of them.