revivify

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US /riˈvɪvəˌfaɪ/ UK /riːˈvɪvɪfaɪ/ See IPA manual

verb

Meanings

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verb
to restore to life or vigor; to reanimate or reinvigorate

A strong coffee seemed to revivify the exhausted travelers.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to restore to life or... revive resuscitate reanimate reinvigorate rekindle resurrect

Opposites

kill deaden mortify

Word family

Derived forms revivifiedrevivifyingrevivifier

Related forms revivification vivify revive vivid vital

Etymology

From Late Latin revivificare ('to restore to life'), from re- ('again') + vivificare ('to make alive'), from vivus ('alive') + facere ('to make').

revivificare Latin vivus Latin

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# revivify

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** riˈvɪvəˌfaɪ
**IPA (UK):** riːˈvɪvɪfaɪ

## Meanings
1. to restore to life or vigor; to reanimate or reinvigorate

## Examples
- A strong coffee seemed to revivify the exhausted travelers.

## Synonyms
- revive
- resuscitate
- reanimate
- reinvigorate
- rekindle
- resurrect

## Antonyms
- kill
- deaden
- mortify

## Derived Forms
- revivified
- revivifying
- revivifier

## Related Forms
- revivification
- vivify
- revive
- vivid
- vital

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: revivificare
- Root: vivus

## Etymology
From Late Latin revivificare ('to restore to life'), from re- ('again') + vivificare ('to make alive'), from vivus ('alive') + facere ('to make').

## AI Etymology
Revivify comes from Late Latin revivificare ('to restore to life'), from re- ('again') + vivificare ('to make alive'), from vivus ('alive') + facere ('to make'). The historical chain includes Latin revivificare and Latin vivus. Older glosses in the chain include "to restore to life", "again", "to make alive", and "alive", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, revivify is best read as compound and borrowing, yielding an English verb shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a verb, with the sense "to restore to life or vigor; to reanimate or reinvigorate". English derivatives include revivified, revivifying, and revivifier; related forms include revivification, vivify, revive, and vivid. The result is an English verb whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

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- Actions & Processes
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