Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To restore to youthful vigor or appearance; make young again.
- v. To restore to an original or new condition: rejuvenate an old sofa.
- v. To stimulate (a stream) to renewed erosive activity, as by uplift of the land.
- v. To develop youthful topographic features in (a previously leveled area).
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To restore the appearance, powers, or feelings of youth to; make as if young again; renew; refresh.
- Of a stream, to increase its gradient, and with this, its velocity and erosive power, so that its effectiveness and apparent youth are renewed. This result is produced by the uplifting of a region which has been notably reduced by the erosion of the streams which continue to occupy it.
- Of a region, to again impress the characters of youthful topography upon (it) when it is well advanced in its erosion cycle. This effect is dependent upon rejuvenation of the streams.
Wiktionary
- v. To render young again.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To render young again.
WordNet 3.0
- v. return to life; get or give new life or energy
- v. become young again
- v. cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the land
- v. develop youthful topographical features
- v. make younger or more youthful
Etymologies
- From re- ("again") + Latin iuvenis ("young"). (Wiktionary)
- re- + Latin iuvenis, young; see yeu- in Indo-European roots + -ate1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“There are a variety of surgical procedures designed to "rejuvenate" a lady's, um, private parts, too.”
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“After Euro 2008, Joachim Löw, the Germany manager, accepted the need to "rejuvenate" a squad that had become too heavily seasoned in parts.”
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“Sahakian said he implanted the Spanish woman with a younger woman's eggs and donated sperm, using hormone therapy to "rejuvenate" her uterus after she had been in menopause for 18 years.”
“The "change your socks" tip has been around for a while - I've also heard other things that kind of rejuvenate you like it's morning, like "change your underwear" and "wash your face" and "brush your teeth," all things that kind of trick you on a certain level into thinking that it's AM again and it's time to be charged up for the day ahead.”
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“He said the only way Congress could "rejuvenate" America's sexual appetite was "by supporting the adult industry and doing it quickly.”
“Record numbers of baby boomers get their fat sucked out and "rejuvenate" their cheeks and eyelids.”
“Back in '97, they got shellacked like few parties have ever been; after spending years in the wilderness, they finally began to "rejuvenate" and "rebuild" - and how did they do it?”
“After taking over in 1995, CEO Lew Frankfort appointed a new creative director, Reed Krakoff, four years later to "rejuvenate" the brand, says Bear Stearns analyst Dana Telsey.”
“Lekota, who had a successful history as part of both the black consciousness movement and the United Democratic Front, would be able to "rejuvenate" the networks that had contributed to his own political identity, bringing in a "whole layer" of people who had been left out of the fold when the ANC's exiles returned.”
“How did things reach a point where ABC first tried to possibly replace the show with David Letterman, and now feels the need, according to one of the sort of test pilots that was done, to have a set with a nightclub and a smoke machine, to kind of rejuvenate it, even though that may not be the final format.”
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
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abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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Do That Again! ~~ "Re-verbs"
List of verbs that begin with re-, meaning to repeat a specific action or process - reappraise, for example.
I'm also looking for words like repeat, replenish and rescind whose roots d...repeat, rescind, reappraise, refinish, restripe, reapply, resupply, refurbish, reposition, reoffend, redistribute, recoat and 202 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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goodkitten's list
there is going to be a lot of words...
flammivomous, pep, electrolyzation, research, constrain, why, refrigerator, invisible, windblown, curate's egg, echoism, drumble and 103 more...
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Life Verbs
Positive words
thrive, prosper, rejuvenate, dawn, anew, zest, flourish, nourish, rise, soar, expand, stretch and 6 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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Misc. Words.
Words I like to use, words I like but may forget.
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personal
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personal history
imminent, provenance, keen, refine, unhindered, rejuvenate, astonish, ineffable, intrigue, astronaut, cosmonaut, immovable
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haphazard's Words
repeal, resusitate, heavenly, godly, goodly, aggrandization, ixnay, reprimand, detriment, memorabilia, grueling, technophobe and 7 more...
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My favorites
deja-vu, reticent, paternal, ambience, inquisitive, endeavour, elixir, rejuvenate, procrastinate, jeopardize
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