redivivus
living again; revived.
Origin of redivivus
1Words Nearby redivivus
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How to use redivivus in a sentence
A sort of Robinson Crusoe redivivus, with modern settings and a very pretty love story added.
The Eternal City | Hall CaineIn virile quality, Madame de Stael seemed rediviva, or should we keep the more familiar masculine gender, and say redivivus?
French Classics | William Cleaver WilkinsonPeople used to call him 'John the Baptist redivivus': and without doubt he did suggest something of that sort.
The Purple Cloud | M.P. ShielIt was French, the ubiquitous French—French redivivus, as it were—who was putting the finishing touch to the chapter of disaster.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. IV (of 6) | Louis CreswickeWas then this unpleasant visitor to Fitzroy Square no other than that magician redivivus?
My Life as an Author | Martin Farquhar Tupper
British Dictionary definitions for redivivus
/ (ˌrɛdɪˈvaɪvəs) /
rare returned to life; revived
Origin of redivivus
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