revive
B2Meanings
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verb
give new life or energy to
A hot soup will revive me
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verb
cause to regain consciousness
The doctors revived the comatose man
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verb
restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state
They revived this style of opera.
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be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength
Interest in ESP revived
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verb
To cause (a person or animal) to recover from a faint; to cause (a person or animal) to return to a state of consciousness.
Near-synonym: rescue
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To bring (a person or animal which is dead) back to life.
And in her cheekes the vermeill red did ſhevv / Like roſes in a bed of lilies ſhed, / The vvhich ambroſiall odours from them threvv, / And gazers ſence vvith double pleaſure fed, / Hable to heale the ſicke, and to reuiue the ded.
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verb
To cause (something) to recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity; to make (something) active or lively again; to reanimate, to revitalize.
The Manx language has been revived after dying out, and is now taught in some schools on the Isle of Man.
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To cause (a feeling, state of mind, etc.) to come back or return; to reactivate, to reawaken.
Partriche. Of all foules is moſte ſooneſt digeſted: and hath in hym moche nutriment, comforteth the brayne, and maketh ſede of generation,. and reuiueth luſte, whiche is abated.
Etymology
The verb is derived from Late Middle English reviven, revyven (“to recover from illness; to regain consciousness; to return to life after death; to happen again, recur; to be rejuvenated, renewed; (figurative) to bring back; (alchemy) of a metal: to be restored to its original form”), from Anglo-Norman reviver, revivre (“to return to life after death; to rejuvenate, renew; to make (a law or legal document) valid again”), Middle French revivre, and Old French revivre (“to return to life after death; to rejuvenate, renew”) (modern French revivre), and directly from their etymon Latin revīvere, t…