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Meaning of RENASCENCE

Pronunciation:  ree'nasuns

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  the revival of learning and culture
 
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 Synonyms: rebirth, Renaissance
 
 See Also: resurgence, revitalisation, revitalization, revival, revivification

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Re*nas"cence\ (r?-n?s"sens), n. [See {Renascent},
and cf. {Renaissance}.]
1. The state of being renascent.
         Read the Ph?nix, and see how the single image of
         renascence is varied.                 --Coleridge.
2. Same as {Renaissance}.
         The Renascence . . . which in art, in literature,
         and in physics, produced such splendid fruits. --M.
                                               Arnold.
 

 

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