Dictionary

rejuvenate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɹiːˈd͡ʒuːvəneɪt/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɹɪˈd͡ʒuːvəneɪt/

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.

Meanings

1. 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 occasional red-light therapy session. 2021 May 6, Leah Dolan, “Teens are worried about wrinkles. Here’s how Gen Z is helping to fuel a beauty boom”, in CNN:
2. To give new energy or vigour to; to revitalise.
   • "We have completely rejuvenated the project. Everyone is galvanised. We will get it open - and open means open. [...]." 2020 December 2, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, in Rail, page 53:
   • The exercise involved in recrafting the past, past encounters and memories actually rejuvenates short-term and present memory — remarkably! 2008 May 8, “For Boomers, It’s Time to Go to the (Brain) Gym”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2015:

Forms

Deriveds

rejuvenator

Relateds

renovate · rejuvenation · senescence · age · aging

Translations (39)

bg подмладявам (render young again) · ru омолоди́ть (render young again) · cmn 返老還童 /返老还童 (render young again) · eo rejuniĝi (render young again) · de verjüngen (render young again) · cmn 恢復活力 /恢复活力 (render young again) · ar جَدَّدَ (render young again) · uk омолоди́ти (render young again) · la iuvenesco (render young again) · be амаладзі́ць (render young again) · sv föryngra (render young again) · la repubesco (render young again) · ru омола́живать (render young again) · az cavanlaşdırmaq (render young again) · ro întineri (render young again) · pl odmładzać (render young again) · mi whakahaumanu (render young again) · es rejuvenecer (render young again) · mi whakahauora (render young again) · it ringiovanire (render young again) · pt rejuvenescer (render young again) · cmn 使變得年輕 /使变得年轻 (render young again) · el ξανανιώνω (render young again) · pl odmłodzić (render young again) · la repuerasco (render young again) · fi nuorentaa (render young again) · cs omladit (render young again) · es remozar (render young again) · la repuellasco (render young again) · hu megfiatalít (render young again) · uk омоло́джувати (render young again) · fr rajeunir (render young again) · gl rexuvenecer (render young again) · be амало́джваць (render young again) · hy երիտասարդացնել (render young again) · mi whakamarohi (render young again) · ga athnuaigh (render young again) · nl verjongen (render young again) · ja 若返らせる (render young again)