revitalize
Americanverb (used with object)
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revitalizes,
present (3rd person singular)
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revitalized,
past participle, past
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revitalizing
present participle
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to give new life to.
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to give new vitality or vigor to.
verb
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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revitalizesimple
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revitalizessimple
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have revitalizedperfect
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has revitalizedperfect
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am revitalizingprogressive
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are revitalizingprogressive
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is revitalizingprogressive
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have been revitalizingperfect progressive
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has been revitalizingperfect progressive
Past
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revitalizedsimple
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had revitalizedperfect
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was revitalizingprogressive
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were revitalizingprogressive
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had been revitalizingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of revitalize
Explanation
To revitalize is to restore something to life or give it new life. Revitalizing adds newsness and strength. Since vital things are alive, strong, and flourishing, when something gets revitalized, it is returned to health or life. A good night's sleep will revitalize you — so will eating a healthy meal. If a rundown building is purchased and then spiffed up, it's being revitalized. A new paint job could revitalize a room. A sick person is revitalized by medicine. In all cases, when something is revitalized, it has been restored to a better state.
Vocabulary lists containing revitalize
Essential Academic Vocabulary for High School Students, List 4
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President Trump's Second State of the Union Address (2019)
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In 2006 Rocky returned to the art museum as part of a mayoral effort to revitalize public spaces, but in a much less prominent perch—at the foot of the steps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
In another push to revitalize California’s film and TV industry, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday signed the state’s first standalone post-production tax incentive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Florida is giving the growers subsidies for those purchases, as part of a $330 million package over two years to revitalize the industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Under a new bill, the state’s indie filmmakers received an exemption due to ongoing efforts to revitalize the industry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The External Mission not only had to create an organization in exile, but had the even more formidable task of trying to revitalize the underground ANC inside South Africa.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Reviewing the musical before it transferred to Broadway, our critic praised it as “an exuberant parade of song, dance, preening and posing that revitalizes Mr. Lloyd Webber’s enduring score with wit, invention and roof-rattling energy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Recently, the scientific community published an interesting study that revitalizes carbonates, offering them a fresh perspective.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024
A humiliating experience, but it also opens a fresh path to an act that revitalizes her career.
From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2022
“Playing with full commitment gives back: It revitalizes me.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
At the end of a second act that begins to sag, she revitalizes the story in a scene that should be in her career highlights reel.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2022
Its revitalized city center features the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, which boasts 158 acres of indoor and outdoor botanic gardens, nature trails and a massive sculpture collection.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Another customer described how his visits to the store, nestled between a gas station and the local driving test center, has revitalized his relationship with his girlfriend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
The 30.8-acre revitalized campus will become a part of a larger medical complex.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
At Microsoft, she revitalized Western European operations by changing the office environment, which had been riddled with internal rivalries and a lack of collaboration, work that was chronicled in a Harvard Business Review case study.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
The water revitalized me, breaking the time spell, and I lunged forward.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
Caracas says the deal involves $100 billion in private investment aimed at revitalizing the industry in a country with the world's largest proven oil reserves.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
And they proposed plans for revitalizing the corner of Fifth Avenue and Broadway downtown, including renovating two existing buildings and developing three new ones for apartments, commercial and office space.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
“The history is here. So for me, revitalizing and bringing back to what it was is like a dream.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
The company said it was in the “final stretch” of its turnaround plans, which involve making more gear tailored to athletes’ needs and revitalizing its e-commerce division.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 23, 2026
Outside, the air felt cool and revitalizing after the mugginess of Little Comic Con.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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