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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.
EXPANDto 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.
COLLAPSEChemistry. 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.
EXPANDto become operative or valid again.
14.
COLLAPSEChemistry. to recover the natural or uncombined state, as a metal.
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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English reviven < Latin revīvere to live again, equivalent to re- re- + vīvere to live, be alive; compare vital
1375–1425; late Middle English reviven < Latin revīvere to live again, equivalent to re- re- + vīvere to live, be alive; compare 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
EXPANDSynonyms
1, 4. reactivate. 2. revitalize, reanimate, resuscitate. 6. rouse, refresh.
1, 4. reactivate. 2. revitalize, reanimate, resuscitate. 6. rouse, refresh.
Antonyms
2. kill.
2. kill.
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Word Origin & History
revive
early 15c., from M.Fr. revivre (10c.), from L. revivere "to live again," from re- "again" + vivere "to live" (see vital).
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revive re·vive (rĭ-vīv')
v. re·vived, re·viv·ing, re·vives
To bring back to life or consciousness; resuscitate.
To regain health, vigor, or good spirits.
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