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de novo en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /deɪˈnoʊvoʊ/ (US)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /deɪˈnəʊvəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /dəˈnəʊvəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /dəˈnoʊvoʊ/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dē novō (adverb, literally “from the new”), from dē (“from”) + novō, ablative singular of novus (“new”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Anew, afresh, from the beginning; without consideration of previous instances, proceedings or determinations.
    • He filed a motion for a de novo hearing.
    • Such development was not de novo; antecedents are apparent.
    • Near-synonym: in a vacuum

Synonyms

in a vacuum

de novo en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /deɪˈnoʊvoʊ/ (US)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /deɪˈnəʊvəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /dəˈnəʊvəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /dəˈnoʊvoʊ/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dē novō (adverb, literally “from the new”), from dē (“from”) + novō, ablative singular of novus (“new”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Anew (from the beginning).
    • But if I had not taken things for granted, if I had examined everything with the care which I should have shown had we approached the case de novo and had no cut-and-dried story to warp my mind, should I not then have found something more definite to go upon? 1904 September, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Abbey Grange”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905, →OCLC:
    • One luckless wight contrived to upset the gravy; and then gravy had to be got up de novo, with due care and formality,[…] 1851 June – 1852 April, Harriet Beecher Stowe, chapter VII, in Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly, volume I, Boston, Mass.: John P[unchard] Jewett & Company; Cleveland, Oh.: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, published 20 March 1852, →OCLC:
    • Talking of “natural selection;” if I had to commence de novo, I would have used “natural preservation.” 1887, Charles Darwin, “To C. Lyell, September 28, 1860”, in Francis Darwin, editor, The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, volume II, New York: D. Appleton & Company:
    • Near-synonym: in a vacuum
    • Having found the lower court's analysis wrong, the appellate court undertook a review de novo.

Relateds

trial de novo · venire facias de novo

Synonyms

in a vacuum