Definition of "revitalize" []

• To impart new life or vigor to: plans to revitalize inner-city neighborhoods; tried to revitalize a flagging economy. (verb-transitive)

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• "It does kind of revitalize the show, and it's happened at the perfect moment for us because there's going to be a big transition in the show . ..."
• "They were supposed to "revitalize" Sodo ... it would be transformed into a Yuppie paradise."
• "Today, in response to seemingly endless litigation to protect certain fish in the Delta region west of Sacramento or to "revitalize" valley streams, enormous amounts of water have been allowed to flow untapped into San Francisco Bay."