invigorate
verb
in·vig·o·rate
in-ˈvi-gə-ˌrāt 
invigorated; invigorating
: to give life and energy to : animate
also
: stimulate sense 1
Examples of invigorate in a Sentence
A brisk walk in the cool morning air always invigorates me.
He was invigorated by the positive feedback.
The mayor has plans to invigorate the downtown economy.
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Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 14 Nov. 2025
What’s clear is that the practice triggers a cascade of physiological changes that can feel invigorating—and for some, therapeutic.
—Lauryn Higgins, Time, 13 Nov. 2025
Stardust ultimately functions more as a love letter to the music that helped invigorate Brown during rehab than a reinvention.
—Stephen Kearse, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2025
That’s the bitter epigraph that opens this invigorating first episode of Death by Lightning, and one important aspect of the book on which this miniseries is based, Candice Millard’s Destiny of the Republic, is that the 20th president didn’t deserve to be forgotten.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
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invigorate
verb
in·vig·o·rate
in-ˈvig-ə-ˌrāt
invigorated; invigorating
: to give life and energy to
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