rejuvenescent
Americanadjective
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becoming young again.
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making young again; rejuvenating.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of rejuvenescent
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
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The ghost of Bill Totts had been successfully laid, and Freddie Drummond with rejuvenescent zeal tackled a brochure, long-planned, on the topic of “diminishing returns.”
From The Strength of the Strong by Jack London
She came away from their long interviews quite rejuvenescent, her eyes sparkling, her step lighter, and ready to bestow a nod on persons to whom as a rule she would vouchsafe only the coldest bow.
From Froth by Armando Palacio Vald?s
We are right, then, in greeting the rejuvenescent summer with devout faith and hope.
From Through Nature to God by John Fiske
"It's the peculiarity of English conservatism that it's persistently progressive and rejuvenescent."
From The New Machiavelli by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
But cuttings or suckers are only the same old plant over and over again in fresh circumstances, transplanted as it were, but not truly renovated or rejuvenescent.
From Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Grant Allen
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