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red⋅i⋅vi⋅vus

  [red-uh-vahy-vuhs, -vee-]
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–adjective
living again; revived.
Origin:
1645–55; < L redivīvus renewed, renovated
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red·i·vi·vus   (rěd'ə-vī'vəs, -vē'-)   
adj.  Come back to life; revived: "defenders of the Imperial Presidency redivivus" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)

[Late Latin redivīvus, from Latin, renewed : re-, red-, re- + vīvus, living; see vivify.]
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Redivivus

Red`i*vi"vus\, a. [L., fr. pref. red-, re-, re- + vivus alive.] Living again; revived; restored.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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