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revivify

[ ri-viv-uh-fahy ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, re·viv·i·fied, re·viv·i·fy·ing.

revivify

/ rɪˈvɪvɪˌfaɪ /

1665–75; < French révivifier < Late Latin revīvificāre. See re-, vivify

In the twelfth century the old system of wer and bt is already vanishing, though an antiquarian lawyer may yet try to revivify it.

The thought that he could revivify her by the very strength of his overflowing love took him forward a step.

Prof. Church has in this story sought to revivify that most interesting period, the last days of the Roman Republic.

After all, how can we know anything of a nation's present or future without some attempt to revivify its past?

It is a food too strong for ordinary men, and which, when it does not revivify, smothers.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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