Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. Over again, anew.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Anew; from the beginning.
Wiktionary
- adj. Anew, afresh, from the beginning; without consideration of previous instances, proceedings or determinations.
- adv. anew (from the beginning)
WordNet 3.0
- adv. from the beginning
Etymologies
- From the Latin adverb dē novō ("from the new"); from dē ("from") + novō, the ablative singular of novus ("new"). (Wiktionary)
- Latin dē novō. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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john “Many of the big, multistage firms aren’t really venture firms in the classic sense anymore,” said Chris Douvos, co-head of private equity investing at the Investment Fund for Foundations. The deals they do “may be good risk-adjusted bets, but are a far cry from the de novo innovation that people look for in venture,” he said.
The New York Times, Silicon Valley Firm Raises Big Fund for Mix of Deals, by Claire Cain Miller, November 18, 2009 Nov 18, 2009