| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| rejuvenate |
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| SYLLABICATION: | re·ju·ve·nate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r -j  v -n t |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: re·ju·ve·nat·ed, re·ju·ve·nat·ing, re·ju·ve·nates
1. To restore to youthful vigor or appearance; make young again. 2. To restore to an original or new condition: rejuvenate an old sofa. 3a. 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). | | ETYMOLOGY: | re– + Latin iuvenis, young; see yeu- in Appendix I + –ate1. | | OTHER FORMS: | re·juve·nation —NOUN
re·juve·nator (-tr) —NOUN
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