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revive

[ri-vahyv]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

revived, reviving

to activate, set in motion, or take up again; renew.
to revive old feuds.
Synonyms: reactivate
to restore to life or consciousness.
We revived him with artificial respiration.
Synonyms: resuscitate, reanimate, revitalize
Antonyms: kill
to put on or show (an old play or motion picture) again.
to make operative or valid again.
Synonyms: reactivate
to 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.
Synonyms: refresh, rouse
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.

revived, reviving

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 /

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)

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Origin of revive¹

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English reviven, from Latin revīvere “to live again,” from re- re- + vīvere “to live” ( vital )

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Origin of revive¹

C15: from Old French revivre to live again, from Latin revīvere , from _re- + vīvere to live; see _vivid

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Meanwhile, Zelensky is heading to the Turkish capital Ankara, in an attempt to revive a US bid to end the war.

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