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  • verb Present participle of revitalise.

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  • adjective tending to impart new life and vigor to

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Examples

  • Nkoko said the human resource plan had been explained to soldiers as a method of "revitalising" the ageing defence force.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • Among strategic challenges that needed to be dealt with urgently were building capacity, "revitalising" the country's taxi fleet, and making sure good public transport systems were in place before the 2010 World Cup.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2004

  • "New owners refraining from fulfilling their obligations, such as revitalising production, paying regular salaries and health insurance to workers is surfacing now," analyst

    Progressive Bloggers 2009

  • He professes not to be 'too depressed' about declining vocations, believing that the lay community is the key to 'revitalising' the Church.

    Clerical Whispers 2008

  • The government responded by redirecting funds to the Train to Gain skills programmeLearning Revolution white paper - revitalising informal learning was launchedCoalition government launches national Review of Informal Adult Continuing Learning

    Milestones in adult education 2011

  • The Israeli had just returned to club action after almost seven months on the sidelines with a ruptured achilles to be plunged into a forlorn title defence and charged with revitalising Fernando Torres, with any hope of claiming silverware resting on overturning a deficit in the north-west.

    Yossi Benayoun warns Chelsea: 'We are playing for our season' 2011

  • When he returns to the competition after more than 14 months on Tuesday night, he will be charged with revitalising his new club's entire campaign.

    Chelsea want Fernando Torres to rescue season against Copenhagen 2011

  • For all his faults, if Obama can only convince a third of Americans he is a Christian and less than half that he was definitely born in the US, then what chance does he have of convincing them of his plans for healthcare or revitalising the economy.

    Tea Party supporters want to 'take their country back'. To where? Gary Younge 2010

  • At the Globe theatre on Bankside (+44 (0)20-7928 9444, swanattheglobe.co.uk), meanwhile, Gordon Ramsay's former wingman, Mark Sargeant, has been revitalising the food.

    South London's top 10 budget eats 2011

  • Has he made any mention as to how he would tackle the problems of the state: the debt, our credit rating, revitalising the economy upstate?

    Giuliani pondering gubernatorial bid 2009

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