rejuvenate

(rĭ-jū'və-nāt')
tr.v., -nat·ed, -nat·ing, -nates.

1. To restore to youthful vigor or appearance; make young again.
2. To restore to an original or new condition: rejuvenate an old sofa.
3. 1. To stimulate (a stream) to renewed erosive activity, as by uplift of the land.
   2. To develop youthful topographic features in (a previously leveled area).

[RE- + Latin iuvenis, young + -ATE¹.]

rejuvenation re·ju've·na'tion n.
rejuvenator re·ju've·na'tor (-tər) n.

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verb

1. To impart renewed energy and strength to (a person): freshen, refresh, reinvigorate, renew, restore, revitalize, revivify. See help/harm/harmless, strong/weak.
2. To bring back to a previous normal condition: rebuild, reclaim, recondition, reconstruct, rehabilitate, reinstate, renovate, restitute, restore. See help/harm/harmless.
3. To make new or as if new again: furbish, recondition, re-create, refresh, refurbish, renew, renovate, restore, revamp. Idioms: give a new look to. See help/harm/harmless, new/old.

v

Definition: make new again
Antonyms: destroy, kill, ruin

For a list of words related to rejuvenation, see:

• Practice, Discipline, and Belief - rejuvenation: regeneration of youthful vigor

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See words rhyming with "rejuvenate."

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forynge

Nederlands (Dutch)
verjongen, frisse wind doorheen sturen (b.v. bedrijf)

Français (French)
v. tr. - (lit, fig) rajeunir

Deutsch (German)
v. - verjüngen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ξανανιώνω, αναζωογονώ

Italiano (Italian)
ringiovanire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - rejuvenescer

Русский (Russian)
омолодить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - rejuvenecer

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - föryngra, föryngras

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使年轻, 使恢复精神, 使复原

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使年輕, 使恢復精神, 使復原

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 다시 젊어지다, 원기를 회복하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 若返らせる, 若返る, 元気を回復させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعيد الشباب غلى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮השיב נעורים, הצעיר, רענן‬

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