[syn: invigorate, reinvigorate]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Invigorate \In*vig"or*ate\ ([i^]n*v[i^]g"[~e]r*[=a]t), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Invigorated ([i^]n*v[i^]g"[~e]r*[=a]`t[e^]d);
p. pr. & vb. n. Invigorating.] [Pref. in- in + vigor.]
To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life and
energy to.
[1913 Webster]
Christian graces and virtues they can not be, unless
fed, invigorated, and animated by universal charity.
--Atterbury.
Syn: To refresh; animate; exhilarate; stimulate.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
invigorate
v 1: heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the
imagination" [syn: inspire, animate, invigorate,
enliven, exalt]
2: give life or energy to; "The cold water invigorated him"
[syn: quicken, invigorate]
3: make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit" [syn:
enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate]
[ant: blunt, deaden]
4: impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; "Exercise is
invigorating" [syn: invigorate, reinvigorate]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
88 Moby Thesaurus words for "invigorate":
activate, animate, arouse, beef up, boost, brace, brace up,
brighten, brisk, brisken, buck up, buoy up, buttress, case harden,
cheer, chirk up, confirm, dynamize, electrify, encourage, energize,
enliven, exhilarate, fillip, fire, fortify, fresh up, freshen,
freshen up, galvanize, gird, give a lift, gladden, harden, hearten,
inflame, infuse life into, inspire, inspirit, interesting, jazz up,
kindle, liven, nerve, pep up, perk up, pick up, pique, prop,
provoke, quicken, rally, reanimate, recreate, refresh, refreshen,
regale, reinforce, reinvigorate, rejoice, rejoice the heart,
rejuvenate, renew, restore, restrengthen, resuscitate, revive,
revivify, rouse, set up, sharpen, shore up, snap up, steel,
stiffen, stimulate, stir, strengthen, support, sustain, temper,
toughen, undergird, vitalize, vivify, warm, whet, zip up