re|ju´ve|nat´ing|ly

re|ju´ve|nat´ing|ly
re|ju|ve|nate «rih JOO vuh nayt», transitive verb, -nat|ed, -nat|ing.
1. to make young or vigorous again; give youthful qualities to: »

The long rest and new clothes have rejuvenated her.

2. Geology. a) to cause (a stream) to flow faster and erode land quicker by increasing the declivity of the land it flows over. b) to begin a new cycle of erosion in (a region) by upheaval of the land surrounding a stream.
╂[< re- + Latin juvenis young]
–re|ju´ve|nat´ing|ly, adverb.

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