rejuvenescent

American  

[ri-joo-vuh-nes-uhnt] / rɪˌdʒu vəˈnɛs ənt /

adjective

1. becoming young again.

2. making young again; rejuvenating.

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Other Word Forms

• rejuvenescence noun

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

But Ethel, dear, meek, pretty, gentle little Ethel—well, there, I'm not going to repeat for you all the raptures that Harry went into over that perennial and ever rejuvenescent theme.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

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And as I gazed upon her shining face it seemed to me that the fresh flowers and leaves of her crown, still wet with the dew, seen against that garment of death and the silver of decaying life, were symbolic of an undying, ever rejuvenescent hope.

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

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The hour has come in which man, truly healthy and truly alive, must deliberately turn his footsteps towards the ideal of a universal humanity, wherein the European races of the Old World and of the New will join hands with the representatives of the ancient and now rejuvenescent civilisations of Asia—of India and of China.

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