revitalize

English

Alternative forms

• revitalise (chiefly British)

Etymology

From re- +‎ vital +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈvaɪt(ə)laɪz/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹiˈvaɪt(ə)ˌlaɪz/, [ɹiˈvaɪɾəˌlaɪz]
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ɹiˈvʌɪt(ə)ˌlaɪz/, [ɹiˈvʌɪɾəˌlaɪz]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈvɑɪt(ə)lɑɪz/, [ɹiːˈvɑɪɾəlɑɪz]

Verb

revitalize (third-person singular simple present revitalizes, present participle revitalizing, simple past and past participle revitalized)

1. (American spelling) Alternative spelling of revitalise
   • 1992, Alavattāgoḍa Pēmadāsa, Cumaratunga, the Unknown: Hidden Facets of His Scientific Profile, page 115:

     Cumaratunga was so furious that he intensified his campaign for revitalizing the traditional practices of asweddumization, so that neglected arable land could be rehabilitated, and a degenerating economy restructured and rejuvenated.

   • 2002, Hsin-Huang Micahel Hsiao, Hwa-Jen Liu, “Collective Action toward a Sustainable City: Citizens' Movements and Environmental Politics in Taipei”, in Peter Evans, editor, Livable Cities? Urban Struggles for Livelihood and Sustainability‎^[1], University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 82:

     Also, the city government’s Department of Urban Development proposed various redevelopment projects that showed concern for the preservation of traditional landscape and historical architecture. For example, two old and historically significant districts of Taipei city (Tihua Street and the Tatung District) are expected to be economically revitalized and to attract cultural tourism.

   • 2010, George W. Bush, Decision Points‎^[2], →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 22–23:

     In 1975, China was emerging from the Cultural Revolution, its government’s effort to purify and revitalize society. Communist officials had set up indoctrination programs, broadcast propaganda over omnipresent loudspeakers, and sought to stamp out any evidence of China’s ancient history.

   • 2024 March 10, Ross Perlin, “America Has No Official Language. Instead It Has Hundreds.”, in The New York Times‎^[3]:

     The presence of these languages and their speakers continually revitalizes the profound social experiment that is America. We can and should learn how to communicate with them.

Anagrams

• relativize

Galician

Verb

revitalize

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of revitalizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

revitalize

1. inflection of revitalizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative