\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}.

\New\, adv.
Newly; recently. --Chaucer.
Note: New is much used in composition, adverbially, in the
      sense of newly, recently, to quality other words, as in
      new-born, new-formed, new-found, new-mown.
{Of new}, anew. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

\New\, v. t. & i.
To make new; to renew. [Obs.]