rejuvenate

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 1, 2017 is: rejuvenate • \rih-JOO-vuh-nayt\  • verb 1 : to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to 2 : to restore to an original or new state Examples: The new arts complex and adjacent businesses have rejuvenated the city and turned downtown into a destination for visitors. "I was drained. When I started thinking about doing another album, I had all this self-doubt. I didn't think the songs would be any good. But I pushed through, and when 'Slipstream' was so well-received, it rejuvenated me." — Bonnie Raitt, quoted in The Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2016 Did you know? Rejuvenate originated as a combination of the prefix re-, which means "again," with a Latin term that also gave us the words juvenile and junior—juvenis, meaning "young." Rejuvenate literally means "to make young again" and can imply a restoration of physical or mental strength or a return to a more youthful, healthy condition, as when you try to rejuvenate your skin with moisturizer. You can also rejuvenate things that are timeworn. For instance, a lackluster brand can be rejuvenated by a new marketing campaign. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.