rejuvenate

present singular third person rejuvenates · participle present rejuvenating · participle past rejuvenated · past rejuvenated

1. To render young again.

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   Before coronavirus shuttered the world, a typical month for Connecticut native Zac Mathias was packed with appointments for microneedling (a collagen-stimulating process that involves repeated pin-pricks all over the face), regular resurfacing hydrafacials, rejuvenating laser treatments and the occasional red-light therapy session.

   2021 May 6, Leah Dolan, “Teens are worried about wrinkles. Here’s how Gen Z is helping to fuel a beauty boom”, in CNN

2. To give new energy or vigour to; to revitalise.

   "We have completely rejuvenated the project. Everyone is galvanised. We will get it open - and open means open. [...]."

   2020 December 2, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, in Rail, page 53

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   The exercise involved in recrafting the past, past encounters and memories actually rejuvenates short-term and present memory — remarkably!

   2008 May 8, “For Boomers, It’s Time to Go to the (Brain) Gym”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2015