Give new life to King meeting bridge opponents and bridge partners (5)
I believe the answer is:
renew
'give new life to' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'king meeting bridge opponents and bridge partners' is the wordplay.
'king' becomes 'R' (abbreviation for rex, king in Latin).
'meeting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'bridge opponents' becomes 'en' (East and North players in the card game bridge).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'bridge partners' becomes 'EW' (East and West are partners in the card game bridge).
'r'+'en'+'ew'='RENEW'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for renew that I've seen before include "Repeat for next year" , "Begin again" , "Regenerate" , "Reinforce" , "make a fresh start" .)