Advertisement
Advertisement
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
- revivingly adverb
- reviving adjective
- revivable adjective
- revivably adverb
- revivability noun
- reviver noun
- unrevivable adjective
- unrevived adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of revive1
Example Sentences
Attempts to revive her failed and she died at the scene.
Economists continue to argue the case for another cut in interest rates to help revive the economy and labor market, though many are now less certain policymakers will make a move next week.
After a week of violence, residents on the frontier between Afghanistan and Pakistan are hoping a new ceasefire deal will end the clashes and revive crucial cross-border trade.
Rare-earth production became so limited in the West that an American company, Molycorp, attempted to revive the Mountain Pass mine and make its own magnets.
Investors will want Beijing to take a bolder stance to revive its economy, which is still sputtering amid a four-plus year downturn in the real estate market and battered business and consumer confidence.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse
