reyoungv.
/ˌriːˈjʌŋ/, U.S. /riˈjəŋ/ rare.
transitive. To make young again; to rejuvenate.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [verb (transitive)] > rejuvenate
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1595 A. Copley tr. R. de Cota Loves Owle sig. A4v, in Wits Fittes & Fancies Though age be olde and colde, I can Re-young him to a lustie man.
1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 87 A plenteous Streame..proud, that his glasse Gliding so swift, so soone re-youngs the grasse.
1917 A. S. Blackwell tr. C. Breshkovsky in Little Grandmother of Russian Revolution xiii. 195 Your old friend renewed, reyounged. Absorbs the sugar, milk and bread.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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