rejuvenate
/ɹɪˈd͡ʒuːvəneɪt/
rejuvenate verb: to render young again.
Verb
rejuvenate (third-person singular simple present rejuvenates, present participle rejuvenating, simple past and past participle rejuvenated)
- To render young again.
- Before coronavirus shuttered the world, a typical month for Connecticut native Zac Mathias was packed with appointments for microneedling (a collagen-stimulating process that involves repeated pin-pricks all over the face), regular resurfacing hydrafacials, rejuvenating laser treatments and the...2021 May 6, Leah Dolan, “Teens are worried about wrinkles. Here’s how Gen Z is helping to fuel a beauty boom”, in CNN
- To give new energy or vigour to; to revitalise.
- The exercise involved in recrafting the past, past encounters and memories actually rejuvenates short-term and present memory — remarkably!2008 May 8, “For Boomers, It’s Time to Go to the (Brain) Gym”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2015
- "We have completely rejuvenated the project. Everyone is galvanised. We will get it open - and open means open. [...]."2020 December 2, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, in Rail, page 53
rejuvenate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
rejuvenate in Tamil
- மஈண்டும் புத்திளமையாதல், மீண்டும் புத்துணர்ச்சியாதல்
rejuvenate in Urdu
- دوبارہ جوان کرنا
rejuvenate in Bengali
- পুনরায় তরুণ করে তোলা
rejuvenate in Malayalam
- ചെറുപ്പമാക്കുക, പിന്നെയും യൗവനം വരുത്തുക, നവവീര്യം വരുത്തുക
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- rejuvenate in Kannada
- ಎಳೆತನ ಕೊಡಿಸು, ಎಳವೆ ಬರಿಸು, ಹೊಸದಾಗಿಸು, ಕಳೆಯೇರಿಸು
- rejuvenate in Arabic
- جَدَّدَ jaddada
Examples of rejuvenate in a sentence
- The new government also had big plans for rejuvenating Britain's war-torn economy.
- He was rejuvenated within a week, thanks to a diet of fresh claret direct from the jugular, while the lawyer slept.
- And if you are a bear, there is nothing so healing or rejuvenating as about six months of good night's sleeps.
Forms of rejuvenate
| third-person singular present | rejuvenates |
|---|---|
| present participle | rejuvenating |
| past participle | rejuvenated |
| past | rejuvenated |
Origin of rejuvenate
From re- (“again”) + Latin iuvenis (“young”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare Old French rejuvener. Displaced native Middle English gingen, from Old English *ġinġan (literally “to make young”), equivalent to Old English ġeong + Old English -an.
Words formed from rejuvenate
Questions about rejuvenate
- What does rejuvenate mean?
- Rejuvenate means to render young again.
- What is rejuvenate in Tamil?
- Rejuvenate in Tamil is மஈண்டும் புத்திளமையாதல், மீண்டும் புத்துணர்ச்சியாதல். See Rejuvenate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is rejuvenate?
- Rejuvenate is a verb.
- How do you pronounce rejuvenate?
- Rejuvenate is pronounced /ɹɪˈd͡ʒuːvəneɪt/.
- What is the past tense of rejuvenate?
- The past tense of rejuvenate is rejuvenated.
Words near rejuvenate in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: rejuvenate (page history and authors); rejuvenate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rejuvenate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rejuvenate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rejuvenate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rejuvenate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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