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revive
[ri-vahyv]
verb (used with object)
to activate, set in motion, or take up again; renew.
to revive old feuds.
Synonyms: reactivateto restore to life or consciousness.
We revived him with artificial respiration.
Antonyms: killto put on or show (an old play or motion picture) again.
to make operative or valid again.
Synonyms: reactivateto bring back into notice, use, or currency.
to revive a subject of discussion.
to quicken or renew in the mind; bring back.
to revive memories.
to reanimate or cheer (the spirit, heart, etc., or a person).
Chemistry., to restore or reduce to the natural or uncombined state, as a metal.
verb (used without object)
to return to life, consciousness, vigor, strength, or a flourishing condition.
to recover from financial depression.
to be quickened, restored, or renewed, as hope, confidence, suspicions, or memories.
to return to notice, use, or currency, as a subject, practice, or doctrine.
to become operative or valid again.
Chemistry., to recover the natural or uncombined state, as a metal.
revive
/ rɪˈvaɪv /
verb
to bring or be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength; resuscitate or be resuscitated
revived by a drop of whisky
to give or assume new vitality; flourish again or cause to flourish again
to make or become operative or active again
the youth movement was revived
to bring or come into use or currency again
to revive a language
(tr) to take up again
he revived his old hobby
to bring or come back to mind
(tr) theatre to mount a new production of (an old play)
Other Word Forms
- revivable adjective
- revivability noun
- revivably adverb
- reviver noun
- revivingly adverb
- unrevivable adjective
- unrevived adjective
- reviving adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of revive1
Example Sentences
The Irish actor stars as an idealistic editor in chief of a Midwest newspaper that he’s trying to revive with the help of his ragtag staff.
There remained hope of reviving the deal as we approached the 7pm deadline; the fact a deal sheet - an application for a time extension - was filed indicative to how close the transfer was to completion.
Similar to Gleeson, Nuñez was aware of the pressure of reviving a character audiences feel such affection for, but he only "thought about it for a minute".
The killings have revived questions over how Australian authorities deal with the threat of conspiracy theorists - three years after a hauntingly similar ambush of police in Queensland.
Last year, Kendra Frazer, 39, died at Burning Man after emergency personnel were unable to revive her.
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