rejuvenate
verb
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Rejuvenate originated as a combination of the prefix re-, which means "again," with the Latin parent of juvenile and junior—juvenis, meaning "young." Rejuvenate literally means "to make young again" and can imply a restoration of physical or mental strength or a return to a more youthful, healthy condition. Things that are timeworn can also be rejuvenated.
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Juvenis, Latin for "young", can be seen in a word such as juvenile. Rejuvenation is something that can be carried out on a creaky old house, a clunker of a car, a sluggish career, a weak economy, or a company that's lost its edge, but rejuvenate and rejuvenation are probably used most often for talking about our physical selves. Ads for lotions promise skin rejuvenation; diet-book covers show rejuvenated (or maybe just young) models bursting with health. We still seem to be searching for that "Fuente de la Juventud" that Juan Ponce de León failed to discover five hundred years ago.
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Examples of rejuvenate in a Sentence
Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
The book positively rejuvenated the composer Richard Wagner.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
They’re loaded with a brightening and rejuvenating blend of vitamins, amino acids, minerals, and organic acids.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 1 Nov. 2024
These periods mark natural changes and align with human impulses to plant, restore and rejuvenate landscapes.
—Tammy Sons, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Rejuvenate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rejuvenate. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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