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re⋅vive

  [ri-vahyv] verb, -vived, -viv⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to activate, set in motion, or take up again; renew: to revive old feuds.
2. to restore to life or consciousness: We revived him with artificial respiration.
3. to put on or show (an old play or motion picture) again.
4. to make operative or valid again.
5. to bring back into notice, use, or currency: to revive a subject of discussion.
6. to quicken or renew in the mind; bring back: to revive memories.
7. to reanimate or cheer (the spirit, heart, etc., or a person).
8. Chemistry. to restore or reduce to the natural or uncombined state, as a metal.
–verb (used without object)
9. to return to life, consciousness, vigor, strength, or a flourishing condition.
10. to recover from financial depression.
11. to be quickened, restored, or renewed, as hope, confidence, suspicions, or memories.
12. to return to notice, use, or currency, as a subject, practice, or doctrine.
13. to become operative or valid again.
14. Chemistry. to recover the natural or uncombined state, as a metal.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME reviven < L revīvere to live again, equiv. to re- re- + vīvere to live, be alive; cf. vital

Related forms:
re⋅viv⋅a⋅ble, adjective
re⋅viv⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
re⋅viv⋅a⋅bly, adverb
re⋅viv⋅er, noun
re⋅viv⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1, 4. reactivate. 2. revitalize, reanimate, resuscitate. 6. rouse, refresh.

Antonyms:
2. kill.
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re·vive   (rĭ-vīv')   
v.   re·vived, re·viv·ing, re·vives

v.   tr.
  1. To bring back to life or consciousness; resuscitate.
  2. To impart new health, vigor, or spirit to.
  3. To restore to use, currency, activity, or notice.
  4. To restore the validity or effectiveness of.
  5. To renew in the mind; recall.
  6. To present (an old play, for example) again.
v.   intr.
  1. To return to life or consciousness.
  2. To regain health, vigor, or good spirits.
  3. To return to use, currency, or notice.
  4. To return to validity, effectiveness, or operative condition.

[Middle English reviven, from Old French revivre, from Latin revīvere, to live again : re-, re- + vīvere, to live; see gwei- in Indo-European roots.]
re·viv'a·ble adj., re·viv'er n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to give renewed well-being, vitality, or strength to: rains that revive lawns; an invalid restored by fresh air; resuscitating old hopes; a celebration that revivified our spirits.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Reviving

Re*viv"ing\, a. & n. Returning or restoring to life or vigor; reanimating. --Milton. -- Re*viv"ing*ly, adv.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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