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
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
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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Vocabulary from the Second Presidential Debate: October 9, 2016
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Another goal of the plan is to revitalize public spaces like the beach and businesses on the Third Street Promenade that never truly recovered post-pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The memorandum directs the Defense Department to pursue more direct investments in the American shipbuilding industrial base, among other things, aiming to revitalize the shipbuilding industry and restore maritime dominance, the statement said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
This type of state capitalism is unprecedented in recent tech history, and isn’t without risks: If Intel fails to revitalize its chip-manufacturing business, Tan risks disappointing his government partners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
A thriving new music venue in the heart of the Arts District “would revitalize business and foot traffic and people going out,” he added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
‘We are going to revitalize, as it were, your business.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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
It revitalizes local eateries with out-of-town patrons and provides restaurateurs and chefs with a healthy dose of friendly competition and the space to show off their creativity.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2023
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
“New management revitalizes the business by bringing ‘Chinese efficiency and Chinese elements,’” the company boasts on its website.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2021
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
The company is among scores of businesses that have revitalized Southern California’s aerospace and defense industries since SpaceX was founded in 2002.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Turner created the cable stations TBS and Turner Classic Movies; he owned the Atlanta Braves baseball team, the Atlanta Hawks basketball team, and revitalized professional wrestling with World Championship Wrestling.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
Moreover, J&J is one of few players in psychiatry, which Cowen views as a “historically attractive category being revitalized by novel mechanisms.”
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
I was now with boys and girls who were studying, fighting, talking; it revitalized my being, whipped my senses to a high, keen pitch of receptivity.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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
Instead, Yu says he sees restaurants as the key to revitalizing the neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
And as he tries revitalizing it to draw tourists, very bad things start happening.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026
“Virtus and its partners are ready to get to work restoring jobs, revitalizing production and delivering on the promise of U.S.-DRC critical minerals trade.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
Every morsel seemed to give something small back to her, revitalizing her.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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