rejuvenescent

[ ri-joo-vuh-nes-uhnt ]

adjective

1. becoming young again.
2. making young again; rejuvenating.

Other Words From

• re·juve·nescence noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of rejuvenescent¹

1755–65; < Medieval Latin rejuvenēsc ( ere ) to become young again ( Latin re- re- + juven ( is ) young + -ēsc- inceptive suffix + -ere infinitive suffix) + -ent

Example Sentences

It's the peculiarity of English conservatism that it's persistently progressive and rejuvenescent.

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With that addition to its exchequer, it would have made head against its old enemy, Taxation, and started rejuvenescent.

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In thought he endowed the rejuvenescent Ottoman Empire with the energies of a thousand years.

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We are right, then, in greeting the rejuvenescent summer with devout faith and hope.

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He found Caracalla in an altered mood, rejuvenescent and in the highest spirits.

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