Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To give new life or energy to.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To revive vigor in; reanimate.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To invigorate anew.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To give new life, energy or strength to someone or something; to revitalize

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb impart vigor, strength, or vitality to

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Examples

  • 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.

    Katherine Warman Kern: What Comes First, Innovation or the Consumer? Katherine Warman Kern 2011

  • 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.

    2010 Results Depend On Which Groups Vote 2010

  • 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.

    Russ Wellen: What If Nuclear Terrorism Were Just a Mouse Click Away? Russ Wellen 2010

  • 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.

    Katherine Warman Kern: What Comes First, Innovation or the Consumer? Katherine Warman Kern 2011

  • President Obama promised early in his administration to "reinvigorate" antitrust enforcement, which involved the Justice Department disavowing Bush era guidelines.

    Monsanto Draws Antitrust Scrutiny Scott Kilman 2010

  • United and Continental could face greater scrutiny because of that combination's size and the Obama administration's vow to "reinvigorate" antitrust enforcement.

    United Airlines, Continental to Announce Merger 2010

  • With the Obama administration's Justice Department vowing to "reinvigorate" antitrust enforcement, some in the business community had feared the new guidelines would signal a tougher treatment of mergers.

    Antitrust Regulators Unveil Merger Guidelines 2010

  • President Obama promised early in his administration to "reinvigorate" antitrust enforcement, which involved the Justice Department disavowing Bush era guidelines.

    Monsanto Draws Antitrust Scrutiny Scott Kilman 2010

  • President Obama promised early in his administration to "reinvigorate" antitrust enforcement, which involved the Justice Department disavowing Bush era guidelines.

    Monsanto Draws Antitrust Scrutiny Scott Kilman 2010

  • The vote came a week after Ms. Schapiro vowed in her confirmation hearing to "reinvigorate" the agency's enforcement division, under fire for failing to detect the Bernard Madoff

    Senate Confirms Schapiro 2009

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