rejuvenate
[ri-joo-vuh-neyt]
See more synonyms for rejuvenate on Thesaurus.comverb (used with object), re·ju·ve·nat·ed, re·ju·ve·nat·ing.- to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- to restore to a former state; make fresh or new again: to rejuvenate an old sofa.
- Physical Geography.
- to renew the activity, erosive power, etc., of (a stream) by uplift or by removal of a barrier in the stream bed.
- to impress again the characters of youthful topography on (a region) by the action of rejuvenated streams.
verb (used without object), re·ju·ve·nat·ed, re·ju·ve·nat·ing.- to undergo rejuvenation; revive.
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Contemporary Examples of rejuvenation
Will the impacts described above be the peak of the climate crisis, to be followed by a period of recovery and rejuvenation?
Only hope for his daughter and the rest of Generation Hot can deliver us from crisis and into recovery and rejuvenation.
Kate and William's rejuvenation of the British monarchy depends on making us think they are just like us.
He is just too cool for school in a country desperate for the infectiousness of rejuvenation.
So who decided to levy an excise tax on the cushy world of rejuvenation and self-improvement?
Historical Examples of rejuvenation
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.
Meanwhile, Miss Ramsbotham had continued upon her course of rejuvenation.
But no one can tell me that rejuvenation is not against the laws of nature.
For the host: rejuvenation of intelligence, vicarious satisfaction.
British Dictionary definitions for rejuvenation- to give new youth, restored vitality, or youthful appearance to
- (usually passive) geography
- to cause (a river) to begin eroding more vigorously to a new lower base level, usually because of uplift of the land
- to cause (a land surface) to develop youthful features
Word Origin for rejuvenate
C19: from re- + Latin juvenis young
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Word Origin and History for rejuvenationv.1807, irregular formation from re- "again" + Latin juvenis (see young (adj.)) + -ate (2). Related: Rejuvenated; rejuvenating.
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