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virkistää — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • energize verb To give energy, enthusiasm, or vitality to someone or something.
  • invigorate verb To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to.
  • juice noun The natural liquid found in fruit, vegetables, or meat, or a drink made from it.
  • pep noun Energy, enthusiasm, and liveliness.
  • recreate verb To make something happen or exist again, copying an original.
  • recruit noun A person newly enlisted in the military, or newly hired somewhere.
  • refresh verb To make someone feel more energetic or awake, often with rest, food, or a drink.
  • reinvigorate verb To give new life, energy or strength to someone or something; to revitalize.
  • renovate verb To repair and improve an old building or structure to bring it back to good condition.

Senses

virkistää is used for these senses in English:

  • energize (transitive) To invigorate; to make energetic.
  • invigorate (transitive) To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to.
  • invigorate (transitive) To give life or energy to.
  • juice (transitive) To energize or stimulate something.
  • pep (informal, transitive) To inject with energy and enthusiasm.
  • recreate (transitive) To give new life, energy or encouragement (to); to refresh, enliven.
  • recruit (archaic) To replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies; to remedy a lack or deficiency in.
  • refresh (transitive) To renew or revitalize.

energize — full definition

  1. verb To give energy, enthusiasm, or vitality to someone or something.
  2. verb To supply electrical power to a device or circuit.

invigorate — full definition

  1. verb To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to.
  2. verb To heighten or intensify.
  3. verb To give life or energy to.
  4. verb To make lively.

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