revitalize
/riːˈvʌɪt(ə)lʌɪz
/(also revitalise)
verb [with object]
Imbue (something) with new life and vitality: a package of spending cuts to revitalize the economy...
- He said the government is divided, with one part working against another on a host of issues including the budget, revitalizing the stock market and liberalizing taxes.
- Glavin and Leier had their conversation about revitalizing the union movement on May Day, a day to commemorate international working class solidarity.
- I believe that by allowing readers to participate in the news cycle, bloggers are revitalizing democracy.
Synonyms
reinvigorate, re-energize, brace, fortify, strengthen, give new strength to, give a boost to, build up, bolster, prop up, help, renew, regenerate, restore, revive, revivify, rejuvenate, reanimate, resuscitate, refresh, reawaken, rekindle, put new life into, breathe new life into, enliven, stimulate, put some spark into, kick-start, uplift
informal give a shot in the arm to, pep up, buck up, get going again
- make every (or spare no)effort
- make eyes at someone
- makefile
- make for
- make free with
- make fun of
- make good
- make good one's escape
- make (great) play of (or with)
- make hard work of
- make haste
- make hay (while the sun shines)
- make head or tail of
- make heavy weather of
- make history
- make it a rule to do something
- make it big
- make it (or things) hot for
- make it snappy
- makeless
- make light of
- make light work of
- make like
- make little of
- make love