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English
Etymology
From re- (“again”) + Latin iuvenis (“young”) + -ate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹɪˈd͡ʒuːvəneɪt/, /ɹiːˈd͡ʒuːvəneɪt/
Verb
rejuvenate (third-person singular simple present rejuvenates, present participle rejuvenating, simple past and past participle rejuvenated)
- To render young again.
- To give new energy or vigour to; to revitalise.
2020 December 2, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, in Rail, page 53:"We have completely rejuvenated the project. Everyone is galvanised. We will get it open - and open means open. [...]."
Translations
render young again
- Armenian: երիտասարդացնել (hy) (eritasardacʻnel)
- Azerbaijani: cavanlaşdırmaq
- Belarusian: амало́джваць impf (amalódžvacʹ), амаладзі́ць pf (amaladzícʹ)
- Bulgarian: подмладявам (bg) (podmladjavam)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 返老還童/返老还童 (zh) (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)
- Czech: omladit
- Dutch: verjongen (nl)
- Esperanto: rejuniĝi
- Finnish: nuorentaa (fi)
- French: rajeunir (fr)
- Galician: rexuvenecer (gl)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: verjüngen (de)
- Greek: ξανανιώνω (el) (xananióno)
- Hungarian: megfiatalít (hu)
- Irish: athnuaigh
- Italian: ringiovanire
- Japanese: 若返らせる (ja) (わかがえらせる, wakagaeraseru)
- Latin: iuvenesco, repubesco, repuerasco m, repuellasco f
- Maori: whakahaumanu, whakahauora, whakamarohi
- Polish: odmładzać impf, odmłodzić pf
- Portuguese: rejuvenescer (pt)
- Romanian: întineri (ro)
- Russian: омола́живать (ru) impf (omoláživatʹ), омолоди́ть (ru) pf (omolodítʹ)
- Spanish: rejuvenecer (es), remozar (es)
- Swedish: föryngra (sv)
- Turkish: please add this translation if you can
- Ukrainian: омоло́джувати impf (omolódžuvaty), омолоди́ти pf (omolodýty)
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See also
See also
Further reading
- “rejuvenate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “rejuvenate”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “rejuvenate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.