revitalize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to give new life to.
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to give new vitality or vigor to.
verb
Other Word Forms
- revitalization noun
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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Example Sentences
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Competition is at the heart of Chesney’s efforts to revitalize the Bruins.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
And with each 600-word essay I try to revitalize, I am reminded of our daily cultural choice: either to lean back and let technology entertain us, work for us, be us—or to live.
From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026
She was elected in October on her promise to revitalize Japan’s sclerotic economy and to bring down food inflation, which eclipsed 7% last year.
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
A decades-long business owner on Chung King Road told me, “Every couple of years, a new group of people, recently graduated art students usually, come around, rent space and try to revitalize the streets.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
‘We are going to revitalize, as it were, your business.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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