verb
Meaning 1
To render young again.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rejuvenate
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɹɪˈd͡ʒuːvəneɪt/
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verb
Meaning 2
To give new energy or vigour to; to revitalise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
become young again
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The old man rejuvenated when he became a grandfather
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: regenerate
verb
Meaning 4
return to life; get or give new life or energy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The week at the spa restored me
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: regenerate, restore
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: regenerate, renew
Narrower terms: reincarnate, renew, revive, resurrect
verb
Meaning 5
make younger or more youthful
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The contact with his grandchildren rejuvenated him
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: age
Broader terms: regenerate, revitalize
verb
Meaning 6
develop youthful topographical features
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the land rejuvenated
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
verb
Meaning 7
cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the land
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: provoke, stimulate
History
Etymology
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.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: جَدَّدَ (jaddada) — render young again
- Armenian: երիտասարդացնել (eritasardacʻnel) — render young again
- Azerbaijani: cavanlaşdırmaq — render young again
- Belarusian: амало́джваць (amalódžvacʹ) — render young again
- Belarusian: амаладзі́ць (amaladzícʹ) — render young again
- Bulgarian: подмладявам (podmladjavam) — render young again
- Chinese Mandarin: 返老還童 /返老还童 (fǎn lǎo huán tóng) — render young again
- Chinese Mandarin: 恢復活力 /恢复活力 (huīfù huólì) — render young again
- Chinese Mandarin: 使變得年輕 /使变得年轻 (shǐ biànde niánqīng) — render young again
- Czech: omladit — render young again
- Dutch: verjongen — render young again
- Esperanto: rejuniĝi — render young again
- Finnish: nuorentaa — render young again
- French: rajeunir — render young again
- Galician: rexuvenecer — render young again
- German: verjüngen — render young again
- Greek: ξανανιώνω (xananióno) — render young again
- Hungarian: megfiatalít — render young again
- Irish: athnuaigh — render young again
- Italian: ringiovanire — render young again
- Japanese: 若返らせる (wakagaeraseru) — render young again
- Latin: iuvenesco — render young again
- Latin: repubesco — render young again
- Latin: repuerasco — render young again
- Latin: repuellasco — render young again
- Māori: whakahaumanu — render young again
- Māori: whakahauora — render young again
- Māori: whakamarohi — render young again
- Polish: odmładzać — render young again
- Polish: odmłodzić — render young again
- Portuguese: rejuvenescer — render young again
- Romanian: întineri — render young again
- Russian: омола́живать (omoláživatʹ) — render young again
- Russian: омолоди́ть (omolodítʹ) — render young again
- Spanish: rejuvenecer — render young again
- Spanish: remozar — render young again
- Swedish: föryngra — render young again
- Ukrainian: омоло́джувати (omolódžuvaty) — render young again
- Ukrainian: омолоди́ти (omolodýty) — render young again