rejuvenate
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rejuvenate
- /ɹɪˈd͡ʒuːvəneɪt/
- /ɹiːˈd͡ʒuːvəneɪt/
Where it comes from
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.
verb rejuvenates · rejuvenating · 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 occa
- 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!
Translations
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verb render young again
| Español | rejuvenecer, remozar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 若返らせる wakagaeraseru |
| 中文 | 返老還童 /返老还童 fǎn lǎo huán tóng, 恢復活力 /恢复活力 huīfù huólì, 使變得年輕 /使变得年轻 shǐ biànde niánqīng |
| Português | rejuvenescer |
| Français | rajeunir |
| Deutsch | verjüngen |
| Italiano | ringiovanire |
| Ελληνικά | ξανανιώνω xananióno |
| Română | întineri |
| Русский | омола́живать omoláživatʹ, омолоди́ть omolodítʹ |
| العربية | جَدَّدَ jaddada |
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