Revitalises

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To breathe new life into a concept or entity To introduce energy and freshness to restore effectiveness or appeal To reinvigorate a process or idea, enhancing its vitality and engagement
2. Brings renewed strength or activity to an object, idea, or system that had lost its original power
3. Injects fresh energy and enthusiasm into something to make it function or appear more lively again

Etymology: "Revitalise" is a plain compound: "re-" (again, anew) attached to "vital," which goes back to Latin "vitalis," from "vita" (life), and the "-ise" ending carries the sense of making or causing something to become a certain way. Together they mean to give life back to something, or to restore energy to it. The "-ise" ending has a longer history than the rest of the word. It travelled from ancient Greek, where verbs ending in "-izein" were common, through Late Latin "-izare," into Middle French "-iser," and then into Middle English, before becoming a standard English suffix. So the ending itself has been passing from language to language for well over a thousand years, while "vital" and "re-" were joined together in English only later.

Synonyms: renovates, refreshes, restores

Antonyms: deteriorates, weakens