REJUVENATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rejuvenate mean? 

• REJUVENATE (verb)
  The verb REJUVENATE has 5 senses:

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

2. develop youthful topographical features

3. make younger or more youthful

4. return to life; get or give new life or energy

5. become young again

  Familiarity information: REJUVENATE used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REJUVENATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they rejuvenate    ... he / she / it rejuvenates   
Past simple: rejuvenated   
Past participle: rejuvenated   
-ing form: rejuvenating   

Sense 1

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Develop youthful topographical features

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

the land rejuvenated

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 3

Meaning:

Make younger or more youthful

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The contact with his grandchildren rejuvenated him

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:

Return to life; get or give new life or energy

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

regenerate; rejuvenate; restore

Context example:

The week at the spa restored me

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 5

Meaning:

Become young again

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Context example:

The old man rejuvenated when he became a grandfather

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

regenerate (undergo regeneration)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

rejuvenation (the phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored)

 Context examples 

The research team believes that these physical and cognitive benefits are due to a rejuvenating effect NR had on stem cells in both muscle and brain tissue.

(Compound prevents neurological damage, shows cognitive benefits in mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, National Institutes of Health)

Remarkably, the older brain cells were rejuvenated, and began to behave like the younger, more vigorous cells.

(Cambridge scientists reverse ageing process in rat brain stem cells, University of Cambridge)

Jupiter is called the great healer, because having this planet in your sign is known to help rejuvenate you physically and mentally.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

What’s more, we were able to delete Piezo1 in the OPCs within the aged rat brains, which lead to the cells becoming rejuvenated and once again able to assume their normal regenerative function.

(Cambridge scientists reverse ageing process in rat brain stem cells, University of Cambridge)