rejuvenate

To rejuvenate is to restore, or to make someone or something look younger or fresher.

(verb)

When you get a face lift, this is an example of a time when you rejuvenate your appearance.

See rejuvenate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

1. to make feel or seem young again; bring back to youthful strength, appearance, etc.
2. to make seem new or fresh again
Geol.
1. to increase the grade and speed of flow of (a stream), usually by uplift of the surrounding land
2. to give youthful land forms to (a region), as steep slopes

Origin: < re- + L juvenis, young + -ate

intransitive verb

to restore or reacquire a youthful or new appearance

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See rejuvenate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb re·ju·ve·nat·ed, re·ju·ve·nat·ing, re·ju·ve·nates

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

Origin:

Origin: re-

Origin: + Latin iuvenis, young; see yeu- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + -ate¹

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