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rejuvenate

[ri-joo-vuh-neyt]
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verb (used with object), re·ju·ve·nat·ed, re·ju·ve·nat·ing.
  1. to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
  2. to restore to a former state; make fresh or new again: to rejuvenate an old sofa.
  3. Physical Geography.
    1. to renew the activity, erosive power, etc., of (a stream) by uplift or by removal of a barrier in the stream bed.
    2. to impress again the characters of youthful topography on (a region) by the action of rejuvenated streams.
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verb (used without object), re·ju·ve·nat·ed, re·ju·ve·nat·ing.
  1. to undergo rejuvenation; revive.
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Origin of rejuvenate

1800–10; re- + Latin juven(is) young + -ate1
Related formsre·ju·ve·na·tion, nounre·ju·ve·na·tive, adjectivere·ju·ve·na·tor, nounun·re·ju·ve·nat·ed, adjectiveun·re·ju·ve·nat·ing, adjective
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Historical Examples

  • Steinach has not yet tried whether a third rejuvenation is possible.

  • Nicodemus appears to have been puzzled; he asked how such a rejuvenation was possible.

    Jesus the Christ

    James Edward Talmage

  • Meanwhile, Miss Ramsbotham had continued upon her course of rejuvenation.

    Tommy and Co.

    Jerome K. Jerome

  • But no one can tell me that rejuvenation is not against the laws of nature.

    Black Oxen

    Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

  • For the host: rejuvenation of intelligence, vicarious satisfaction.

    Ulysses

    James Joyce

British Dictionary definitions for rejuvenation

rejuvenate

verb (tr)
  1. to give new youth, restored vitality, or youthful appearance to
  2. (usually passive) geography
    1. to cause (a river) to begin eroding more vigorously to a new lower base level, usually because of uplift of the land
    2. to cause (a land surface) to develop youthful features
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Derived Formsrejuvenation, nounrejuvenator, noun

Word Origin

C19: from re- + Latin juvenis young
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for rejuvenation

n.

1834, noun of action from rejuvenate.

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rejuvenate

v.

1807, irregular formation from re- "again" + Latin juvenis (see young (adj.)) + -ate (2). Related: Rejuvenated; rejuvenating.

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