Definition

1. Verb (transitive):

   • To make someone or something look, feel, or seem young, fresh, or energetic again.
   • To restore to an original or new condition, giving new vigor or vitality.
   • (Geology) To cause (a river or stream) to resume downcutting into the land surface, typically due to tectonic uplift, resulting in steeper gradients and renewed erosion.

2. Verb (intransitive):

   • To become young, fresh, or vigorous again.

Usage and Examples

• Transitive Verb (to make young/energetic):

  • The relaxing vacation rejuvenated her completely.
  • This new skincare treatment claims to rejuvenate the skin.
  • The coach's speech rejuvenated the team's spirit for the second half.

• Intransitive Verb (to become young/energetic):

  • After a good night's sleep, I felt like I had rejuvenated.
  • The forest rejuvenates every spring with new growth.

• Transitive Verb (Geological sense):

  • The regional uplift rejuvenated the river, causing it to carve a deeper canyon.

Advanced Usage and Nuances

• In a figurative or organizational context: Often used to describe revitalizing processes, systems, or brands.

  • The company aims to rejuvenate its product line to attract younger customers.
  • A major policy shift was needed to rejuvenate the stagnant economy.

• "Rejuvenate itself": A common reflexive construction emphasizing a natural or internal process of renewal.

  • The ecosystem has a remarkable ability to rejuvenate itself after a fire.

Variants and Related Words

• Rejuvenation (noun): The process of making someone or something look or feel young, energetic, or fresh again.
  • She sought treatments for skin rejuvenation.
• Rejuvenating (adjective/participle): Having the quality of restoring youth or energy.
  • I find a walk in nature to be incredibly rejuvenating.
• Rejuvenator (noun): Something that rejuvenates.
  • This serum is marketed as a powerful facial rejuvenator.

Synonyms

• Revitalize: To imbue with new life and vitality.
• Revive: To restore to life or consciousness; to become active or flourishing again.
• Refresh: To give new strength or energy to; to reinvigorate.
• Renew: To make like new; to restore to freshness or vigor.
• Restore: To bring back to an original or former condition.

Antonyms

• Age: To grow old.
• Exhaust: To drain of strength or energy.
• Weary: To cause to become tired or fatigued.
• Deplete: To use up the supply or resources of.

Idioms and Common Phrases

• A rejuvenating experience: An experience that makes one feel refreshed and full of new energy.
  • The meditation retreat was a truly rejuvenating experience.
• To feel rejuvenated: A common phrase describing the state after regaining energy.
  • After the spa day, I felt completely rejuvenated.

Verb

1. become young again
   • The old man rejuvenated when he became a grandfather
2. return to life; get or give new life or energy
   • The week at the spa restored me
3. make younger or more youthful
   • The contact with his grandchildren rejuvenated him
4. develop youthful topographical features
   • the land rejuvenated
5. cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the land