revivify

[ ri-viv-uh-fahy ]
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verb (used with object),re·viv·i·fied, re·viv·i·fy·ing.
  1. to restore to life; give new life to; revive; reanimate.

Origin of revivify

1
1665–75; <French révivifier<Late Latin revīvificāre.See re-, vivify

Other words from revivify

  • re·viv·i·fi·ca·tion [ri-viv-uh-fi-key-shuhn], /rɪˌvɪv ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən/, noun

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How to use revivify in a sentence

  • She asked candidly, "Were you always so damned hateful or did the revivification process do this to you?"

    The Stars, My Brothers | Edmond Hamilton
  • They are a half-pathetic, half-humorous, but entirely tender revivification of the "days that are no more."

    George Eliot | Mathilde Blind
  • Their princes and statesmen all directed their whole energies to the revivification and consolidation of the Imperial authority.

    A Fantasy of Far Japan | Baron Kencho Suyematsu
  • The news of her revivification spread abroad rapidly, for such a thing could not be concealed; and many people came to see her.

  • This revivification of metals by electricity completes the proof of the electric matter being, or containing phlogiston.

British Dictionary definitions for revivify

revivify

/ (rɪˈvɪvɪˌfaɪ) /


verb-fies, -fying or -fied
  1. (tr) to give new life or spirit to; revive

Derived forms of revivify

  • revivification, noun

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