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.

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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