rejuvenate
rih-JOO-vuh-naytverbMeaning to make young, fresh or lively again
Memory hook re-JUVEN-ate: JUVENILE again. Grandpa Gus borrows Pip’s skateboard and rolls down the sidewalk laughing like a ten-year-old. The ride seems to rejuvenate him.
A week at the lake rejuvenated the whole family.
In context The tired old park was rejuvenated by the neighbors’ hard work: they planted flowers, painted the benches and fixed the fountain.
Similar refresh, renew, revitalize, restore
Opposite age, exhaust, drain
From re (again) + Latin juvenis (young), the root of juvenile.