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発音

• IPA: /ɹɪˈd͡ʒuːvəneɪt/, /ɹiːˈd͡ʒuːvəneɪt/

動詞

rejuvenate (third-person singular simple present rejuvenates, present participle rejuvenating, simple past and past participle rejuvenated)

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

     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.

2. To give new energy or vigour to; to revitalise.
   • 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 September 2015:

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

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

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

関連する語

• rejuvenation

参考

• renovate

参考

• age
• aging
• senescence

Further reading

• “rejuvenate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “rejuvenate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “rejuvenate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.