rejuvenescent

[ri-joo-vuh-nes-uh nt]

adjective

becoming young again.

making young again; rejuvenating.

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

Related formsre·ju·ve·nes·cence, noun

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Historical Examples of rejuvenescent

We are right, then, in greeting the rejuvenescent summer with devout faith and hope.
Through Nature to God
John Fiske
He found Caracalla in an altered mood, rejuvenescent and in the highest spirits.
A Thorny Path [Per Aspera], Complete
Georg Ebers
It's the peculiarity of English conservatism that it's persistently progressive and rejuvenescent.
The New Machiavelli
Herbert George Wells
In thought he endowed the rejuvenescent Ottoman Empire with the energies of a thousand years.
Halil the Pedlar
Mr Jkai

Word Origin and History for rejuvenescent

adj.

1763, from Medieval Latin rejuvenescentem (nominative rejuvenescens), present participle of rejuvenescere (see rejuvenescence).