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revitalize Definition

re·vi·tal·ize (rē vīt'l īz′)

transitive verb -·ized′, -·iz′·ing

to bring vitality, vigor, etc. back to after a decline

revitalize Related Forms

re·vi′·tali·za·tion noun

revitalize Usage Examples

Object

  • skin: Honey Sesame Scrub ( 40 minutes ) Honey and sesame mixture is applied through your whole body, refreshing and revitalizing skin.
  • economy: Soon to be rewarded with a thriving, buzzing industry to revitalize the local economy.
  • industry: The work helped to trigger a remarkable 20-year expansion of cotton use for apparel, revitalizing an old industry.
  • area: In the past few years, there has been an attempt to revitalize the downtown area.
  • body: Balanced digestion is important to nourish and revitalize the body.
  • education: A New Era: Revitalizing special education for children and their families.

Used with why or when

what: Why was the imagery of bodily reproduction at the core of the effort to revitalize what in Britain had become a somnolent art?

Modifying Another Word

  • newly: The long antipathy between Japan and the rest of Asia threatens Japans role in a newly revitalizing global economy.
  • thus: Human nature is thus revitalized, and paradise made truly personal.