revive
VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (5)revived, reviving
- cause to regain consciousness“The doctors revived the comatose man”Synonyms: resuscitateMore general bring back, bring roundMore specific resurrect, bootCauses come to, resuscitateSimilar come to, resuscitate
- give new life or energy to“A hot soup will revive me”“This will renovate my spirits”“This treatment repaired my health”Synonyms: animaterecreatereanimaterenovaterepairquickenvivifyrevivifyMore general stimulate, arouseSimilar come to, resuscitate
- be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength“Interest in ESP revived”More general boom, thrive
- restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state“He revived this style of opera”“He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina”Synonyms: resurrectMore general regenerate, restoreMore specific republish
- return to consciousness“The patient came to quickly”“She revived after the doctor gave her an injection”Synonyms: come toresuscitateMore general change state, turnSimilar animate, resuscitate
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: F. revivere, L. revivere; pref. re- re- + vivere to live. See Vivid.
1. To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated. William Shakespeare
The Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into again, and he revived.— 1 Kings xvii. 22.
2. Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century.
3. Old Chem. To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.
Origin: Cf. F. reviver. See Revive, intransitive verb
1. To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.
Those bodies, by reason of whose mortality we died, shall be revived.— Bp. John Pearson
2. To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.
Those gracious words revive my drooping thoughts.— William Shakespeare
Your coming, friends, revives me.— John Milton
3. Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning.
4. To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken. “Revive the libels born to die.” Jonathan Swift
The mind has a power in many cases to revive perceptions which it has once had.— John Locke
5. Old Chem. To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state; as, to revive a metal after calcination.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54