rejuvenate

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(rĭ-jū'və-nāt') pronunciation
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.
    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.

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v

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

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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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