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revivify

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re⋅viv⋅i⋅fy

  [ri-viv-uh-fahy]
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–verb (used with object), -fied, -fy⋅ing.
to restore to life; give new life to; revive; reanimate.
Origin:
1665–75; < F révivifier < LL revīvificāre. See re-, vivify

Related forms:
re⋅viv⋅i⋅fi⋅ca⋅tion  [ri-viv-uh-fi-key-shuhn] , noun
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re·viv·i·fy   (rē-vĭv'ə-fī')   
tr.v.   re·viv·i·fied, re·viv·i·fy·ing, re·viv·i·fies
To impart new life, energy, or spirit to. See Synonyms at revive.

[French revivifier, from Old French, to come back to life, from Latin *revīvificāre, to revivify : Latin re-, re- + Latin vīvificāre, to vivify; see vivify.]
re·viv'i·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n.
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