revitalize
verb
re·vi·tal·ize
(ˌ)rē-ˈvī-tə-ˌlīz 
revitalized; revitalizing
: to give new life or vigor to
Synonyms
Examples of revitalize in a Sentence
The mayor hopes to revitalize the city.
a new cream that claims to revitalize sun-damaged skin
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Plans to revitalize the museum’s interior are 60% funded as the public campaign to raise additional funding begins, the foundation says.
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Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
Using a dog shampoo with rice quat is one of the best ways to revitalize your dog's matted coat.
—Holistapet, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
Sunday’s vote marked Erdogan and his AK Party’s (AKP) worst defeat in more than 20 years in power, revitalizing the opposition party and strengthening Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu‘s standing as the president’s main rival.
—Reuters, NBC News, 1 Apr. 2024
The company plans to build a new factory in Hungary, revitalize a former Ford Motor Co. manufacturing hub in Brazil, and has showed interest in building a new factory in Mexico.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2024
Comparative Analysis With Boeing Operational blunders, strategic overreach, and the necessity to revitalize culture are commonalities in the problems that Boeing is currently facing and that GE has faced in the past.
—Jim Osman, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
In 2015, Miami-Dade County created Liberty City Rising, a multi-million dollar plan that would revitalize the eponymous community.
—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
The Palestinian Authority is too weak to govern Gaza; revitalizing it would require not only deposing Mahmoud Abbas, its octogenarian president, but also rooting out its systemic corruption, a goal that has eluded every past effort at reform.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2024
The nonprofit Arkansas Urban Forestry Council will hold a tree drive for central Arkansas residents to select free trees that can be planted to help revitalize the urban forest canopy that was lost because of the March 31, 2023, tornado, officials have announced.
—The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 13 Mar. 2024
Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
Using a dog shampoo with rice quat is one of the best ways to revitalize your dog's matted coat.
—Holistapet, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
Sunday’s vote marked Erdogan and his AK Party’s (AKP) worst defeat in more than 20 years in power, revitalizing the opposition party and strengthening Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu‘s standing as the president’s main rival.
—Reuters, NBC News, 1 Apr. 2024
The company plans to build a new factory in Hungary, revitalize a former Ford Motor Co. manufacturing hub in Brazil, and has showed interest in building a new factory in Mexico.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2024
Comparative Analysis With Boeing Operational blunders, strategic overreach, and the necessity to revitalize culture are commonalities in the problems that Boeing is currently facing and that GE has faced in the past.
—Jim Osman, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
In 2015, Miami-Dade County created Liberty City Rising, a multi-million dollar plan that would revitalize the eponymous community.
—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
The Palestinian Authority is too weak to govern Gaza; revitalizing it would require not only deposing Mahmoud Abbas, its octogenarian president, but also rooting out its systemic corruption, a goal that has eluded every past effort at reform.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2024
The nonprofit Arkansas Urban Forestry Council will hold a tree drive for central Arkansas residents to select free trees that can be planted to help revitalize the urban forest canopy that was lost because of the March 31, 2023, tornado, officials have announced.
—The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 13 Mar. 2024
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revitalize
verb
re·vi·tal·ize
(ˈ)rē-ˈvīt-ᵊl-ˌīz
revitalized; revitalizing
: to give new life or vigor to
Medical Definition
revitalize
transitive verb
re·vi·tal·ize
variants
also British revitalise
revitalized also British revitalised; revitalizing also British revitalising
: to impart new life or vigor to : restore to an active or fresh condition
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