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re⋅vive

  [ri-vahyv] verb, -vived, -viv⋅ing.
Use reviving in a Sentence
–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.
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Word Origin & History

revive 
1432, from M.Fr. revivre (10c.), from L. revivere "to live again," from re- "again" + vivere "to live" (see vital). Revival "the bringing of an old play back to the stage" is from 1664; first used in a religious sense by Cotton Mather, 1702; revivalist is first attested 1820.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: re·vive
Pronunciation: ri-'vIv
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: re·vived; re·viv·ing
: to restore the force, effect, or validity of (as a contract, will, action, or judgment)
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: re·vive
Pronunciation: ri-'vIv
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: re·vived; re·viv·ing
intransitivesenses
: to return to consciousness or life revive transitive senses
1 : to restore to consciousness or life
2 : to restore froma depressed, inactive, or unused state —re·viv·able /-'vI-v&-b&l/ adjective
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Medical Dictionary

revive re·vive (rĭ-vīv')
v. re·vived, re·viv·ing, re·vives

  1. To bring back to life or consciousness; resuscitate.

  2. To regain health, vigor, or good spirits.

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