rə̇ˈjüvəˌnāt, rēˈj-, usu -ād.+V verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: re- + Latin juvenis young person + English -ate
transitive verb
1.
a. : to make young or youthful again : restore to youth : impart renewed vitality to : reinvigorate
the fruit … rejuvenates even the most decrepit old men — Robert Graves
rejuvenate and reorganize … economic and social life — A.R.Williams
b. : to restore to a condition resembling an original or new state
fenders … that can be rejuvenated and kept — Buick Magazine
rejuvenate four tired chairs — McCall's Needlework
2. : to restore to a more youthful condition ; specifically : to restore sexual vigor in (as by hormones or an operation)
3.
a. : to stimulate (as by uplift) to renewed erosive activity — used of streams
b. : to develop youthful features of topography in (an area previously worn down nearly to base level)
recently rejuvenated glaciated mountains — R.L.Ives
intransitive verb
1. : to cause or bring about rejuvenation
creams that rejuvenate as you sleep — Lois Long
nothing rejuvenates like being on the offensive — Mollie Panter-Downes
2. : to undergo rejuvenation
her novices continued to rejuvenate till their mental outlook was almost that of eight-year-olds — Times Literary Supplement