rejuvenate
verb/rɪˈdʒuːvəneɪt/
/rɪˈdʒuːvəneɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they rejuvenate | /rɪˈdʒuːvəneɪt/ /rɪˈdʒuːvəneɪt/ |
| he / she / it rejuvenates | /rɪˈdʒuːvəneɪts/ /rɪˈdʒuːvəneɪts/ |
| past simple rejuvenated | /rɪˈdʒuːvəneɪtɪd/ /rɪˈdʒuːvəneɪtɪd/ |
| past participle rejuvenated | /rɪˈdʒuːvəneɪtɪd/ /rɪˈdʒuːvəneɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form rejuvenating | /rɪˈdʒuːvəneɪtɪŋ/ /rɪˈdʒuːvəneɪtɪŋ/ |
- rejuvenate somebody/something to make somebody/something look or feel younger, more lively or more modern
- His new job seemed to rejuvenate him.
- special creams to rejuvenate the skin
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRejuvenate is used with these nouns as the object:- career
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from re- ‘again’ + Latin juvenis ‘young’ + -ate, suggested by French rajeunir.
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