rejuvenation (redirected from Rejuvination)

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.

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Rejuvenation

Aeson

in extreme old age, restored to youth by Medea. [Rom. Myth.: LLEI, I: 322]

apples of perpetual youth

by tasting the golden apples kept by Idhunn, the gods preserved their youth. [Scand. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 41]

Bimini Bahamas

island whose fountain conferred eternal youth. [Western Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 373]

Dithyrambus

epithet of Dionysus, in allusion to his double birth. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 88]

Faust

rejuvenated by Mephistopheles at the price of his soul. [Ger. Lit.: Goethe Faust]

Fountain

of Youth fabulous fountain believed to restore youth to the aged. [Western Folklore: Brewer Handbook, 389]

Heidegger, Dr.

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]

Ogier

the Dane hero at the age of 100 restored to ripe manhood by Morgan le Fay. [Medieval Romance: Brewer Dictionary, 656]

sage

a rejuvenator; said to stop gray hair. [Herb Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 165]