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REJUVENATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they rejuvenate ... he / she / it rejuvenates
Past simple: rejuvenated
Past participle: rejuvenated
-ing form: rejuvenating
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
