rejuvenate

English

Etymology

From re- (“again”) +‎ Latin iuvenis (“young”) +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare Old French rejuvener.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈd͡ʒuːvəneɪt/, /ɹiːˈd͡ʒuːvəneɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Verb

rejuvenate (third-person singular simple present rejuvenates, present participle rejuvenating, simple past and past participle rejuvenated)

To render young again.
- 2021 May 6, Leah Dolan, “Teens are worried about wrinkles. Here’s how Gen Z is helping to fuel a beauty boom”, in CNN‎^[1]:
  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 occasional red-light therapy session.
To give new energy or vigour to; to revitalise.
- 2008 May 8, “For Boomers, It’s Time to Go to the (Brain) Gym”, in The New York Times‎^[2], archived from the original on 2015-09-26:
  The exercise involved in recrafting the past, past encounters and memories actually rejuvenates short-term and present memory — remarkably!
- 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. [...]."

Related terms

rejuvenation

Translations

render young again

Arabic: جَدَّدَ (jaddada)
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)