revive

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To bring something back into use, activity, or popularity.

   The town is trying to revive its old market tradition.

2. 2
   verb

   To make someone strong, healthy, or conscious again.

   The doctors managed to revive the patient.

3. 3
   verb

   To become strong, active, or conscious again.

   Interest in the sport revived after the championship.

Simplified etymology

Revive entered English in the late Middle English period and ultimately derives from Latin vivere “to live.” Its history places it in the same Latin word family as survive, vivid, vivacious, and vivacity.

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…

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