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rejuvenation [ri‚jü·və′nā·shən] (geology) The restoration of youthful features to fluvial landscapes; the renewal of youthful vigor to low-gradient streams is usually caused by regional upwarping of broad areas formerly at or near base level. (hydrology) The stimulation of a stream to renew erosive activity. The renewal of youthful vigor in a mature stream. Rejuvenation Aeson in extreme old age, restored to youth by Medea. [Rom. Myth.: LLEI, I: 322]
by tasting the golden apples kept by Idhunn, the gods preserved their youth. [Scand. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 41] island whose fountain conferred eternal youth. [Western Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 373] epithet of Dionysus, in allusion to his double birth. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 88] rejuvenated by Mephistopheles at the price of his soul. [Ger. Lit.: Goethe Faust] of Youth fabulous fountain believed to restore youth to the aged. [Western Folklore: Brewer Handbook, 389] gives his aged friends water drawn from the Fountain of Youth, but its effects are temporary. [Am. Lit.: Hawthorne “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” in Hart, 229] the Dane hero at the age of 100 restored to ripe manhood by Morgan le Fay. [Medieval Romance: Brewer Dictionary, 656] a rejuvenator; said to stop gray hair. [Herb Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 165] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The only course that seemed to him in any way satisfactory in this his hour of rejuvenation was to visit the bee farm, the hotbed of crime, and keep an eye on it. We learned, then, that Renaissance was not a man; that renaissance was a term used to signify what was at best but an imperfect rejuvenation of art. In most respects, or all, the Norman conquest accomplished precisely that racial rejuvenation of which, as we have seen, Anglo-Saxon England stood in need. |
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