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REJUVENATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become young again

Example:

The old man rejuvenated when he became a grandfather

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "rejuvenate" is one way to...):

regenerate (undergo regeneration)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

rejuvenation (the phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Return to life; get or give new life or energy

Example:

The week at the spa restored me

Synonyms:

regenerate; rejuvenate; restore

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "rejuvenate" is one way to...):

regenerate; renew (reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rejuvenate"):

reincarnate; renew (cause to appear in a new form)

resurrect; revive (restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

rejuvenation (the phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make younger or more youthful

Example:

The contact with his grandchildren rejuvenated him

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "rejuvenate" is one way to...):

regenerate; revitalize (restore strength)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The good news will rejuvenate her

Antonym:

age (make older)

Derivation:

rejuvenation (the act of restoring to a more youthful condition)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Develop youthful topographical features

Example:

the land rejuvenated

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "rejuvenate" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 5

Meaning:

Cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the land

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "rejuvenate" is one way to...):

provoke; stimulate (provide the needed stimulus for)

Domain category:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

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