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Definition of "reinvigorate" []

  • To give new life or energy to. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "reinvigorate" in a sentence
  • "In July this year, the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND), which described itself as "a joint initiative of the Australian and Japanese Governments" intended to "reinvigorate" international efforts on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament, closed up shop."
  • "WESLEY: Oh, so the reason - the motivation behind my voting this year because I feel like there's a lack of enthusiasm from my peers, I'm a 21-year-old college student going to school over here at Fresno State, and I feel like building off the momentum that President Obama created a couple years ago, I feel like we need to kind of reinvigorate the youth."
  • "And instead of taking a fresh look, the recommendation is to "reinvigorate" transparency: ...the green paper recommends reinvigorating the commitment to providing consumers with effective transparency into data practices, and outlines a process for translating transparency into consumer choices through a voluntary, multistakeholder process."