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rejuvenate / to be rejuvenated
verb
1. To restore to youthful vigor or appearance; make young again.
2. To restore to an original or new condition.
(The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.)
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WORD ORIGIN
Rejuvenate derives from the Latin juvenis, meaning young (re = again, juvenis = young) and was first recorded around 1807. The noun rejuvensecence, meaning renewal of youth, was first recorded in 1631.
Words with a common root in other languages: French, juvenile = youthful. Portuguese, jovem = youthful. Spanish, juvenil, joven = youthful, young.
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SYNONYMS
doll up, exhilarate, face lift, galvanise, modernise, reanimate, reclaim, recondition, reconstruct, recover, refresh, refurbish, regenerate, rehab, reinvigorate, renew, renovate, restitute, restore, retread, revitalise, spruce, spruce up, update
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
“I really feel rejuvenated after the holidays. I'm ready to get back to work!”
"We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe