REJUVENATE - 9 definitions found
rejuvenate v 1: cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the land 2: develop youthful topographical features; "the land rejuvenated" 3: make younger or more youthful; "The contact with his grandchildren rejuvenated him" [ant: age] 4: return to life; get or give new life or energy; "The week at the spa restored me" [syn: regenerate, restore, rejuvenate] 5: become young again; "The old man rejuvenated when he became a grandfather" Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) rejuvenate verb (-nated; -nating) Etymology: re- + Latin juvenis young — more at young Date: 1789 transitive verb 1. a. to make young or youthful again ; give new vigor to b. to restore to an original or new state <rejuvenate old cars> 2. a. to stimulate (a stream) to renewed erosive activity especially by uplift b. to develop youthful features of topography in intransitive verb to cause or undergo rejuvenescence Synonyms: see renew • rejuvenation noun • rejuvenator noun Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary rejuvenate (rejuvenates, rejuvenating, rejuvenated) 1. If something rejuvenates you, it makes you feel or look young again. Shelley was advised that the Italian climate would rejuvenate him... VERB: V n • rejuvenating The hotel's new Spa offers every kind of rejuvenating treatment and therapy. ADJ 2. If you rejuvenate an organization or system, you make it more lively and more efficient, for example by introducing new ideas. The government pushed through schemes to rejuvenate the inner cities... VERB: V n • rejuvenation The way Britain organises its politics needs rejuvenation. N-UNCOUNT English Explanatory Dictionary rejuvenate rɪˈdʒu:vɪneɪt v.tr. make young or as if young again. øørejuvenation n. rejuvenator n. [RE- + L juvenis young] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Rejuvenate \Re*ju"ve*nate\ (r?-j?"v?-n?t), v. t. [Pref. re- re- + L. juventis young, youthful.] To render young again. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms rejuvenate v. a. Make young again, restore to youth. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) rejuvenate rɪˈdʒu:vɪneɪt v. restore, refresh, reinvigorate, revitalize, revivify, renew, reanimate, regenerate, recharge, breathe new life into: I think a week in Barbados would rejuvenate me. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 36 Moby Thesaurus words for "rejuvenate": bring back, bring to, call back, modernize, reanimate, recall to life, recharge, reclaim, recondition, reconstruct, recover, recruit, refresh, refurbish, regenerate, rehabilitate, reheat the ashes, reinspire, reinvigorate, rekindle, relight, renew, renovate, restitute, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revitalize, revive, revivify, rewarm, stir the embers, update, warm over, warm up, youthen |
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