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revive

[ri-vahyv]
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verb (used with object), re·vived, re·viv·ing.
  1. to activate, set in motion, or take up again; renew: to revive old feuds.
  2. to restore to life or consciousness: We revived him with artificial respiration.
  3. to put on or show (an old play or motion picture) again.
  4. to make operative or valid again.
  5. to bring back into notice, use, or currency: to revive a subject of discussion.
  6. to quicken or renew in the mind; bring back: to revive memories.
  7. to reanimate or cheer (the spirit, heart, etc., or a person).
  8. Chemistry. to restore or reduce to the natural or uncombined state, as a metal.
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verb (used without object), re·vived, re·viv·ing.
  1. to return to life, consciousness, vigor, strength, or a flourishing condition.
  2. to recover from financial depression.
  3. to be quickened, restored, or renewed, as hope, confidence, suspicions, or memories.
  4. to return to notice, use, or currency, as a subject, practice, or doctrine.
  5. to become operative or valid again.
  6. Chemistry. to recover the natural or uncombined state, as a metal.
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Origin of revive

1375–1425; late Middle English reviven < Latin revīvere to live again, equivalent to re- re- + vīvere to live, be alive; cf. vital
Related formsre·viv·a·ble, adjectivere·viv·a·bil·i·ty, nounre·viv·a·bly, adverbre·viv·er, nounre·viv·ing·ly, adverbun·re·viv·a·ble, adjectiveun·re·vived, adjective

Synonyms

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1, 4. reactivate. 2. revitalize, reanimate, resuscitate. 6. rouse, refresh.

Antonyms

2. kill.
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Examples from the Web for reviver

Historical Examples

  • Cimabue, the reviver of painting, received instruction from the Greeks.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327

    Various

  • On the contrary, tea is to me a wonderful refresher and reviver.

  • He is notable as the restorer of Babu and the reviver of its culture.

  • It was so in this case; the transient dignity of the unhappy man decreased, in exact proportion as the ‘reviver’ wore off.

    Sketches by Boz

    Charles Dickens

  • Judging by the fat bottles all down the dinner table of this hotel, that reviver of mankind is cheaper here than water.

    Winged Wheels in France

    Michael Myers Shoemaker

British Dictionary definitions for reviver

revive

verb
  1. to bring or be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength; resuscitate or be resuscitatedrevived by a drop of whisky
  2. to give or assume new vitality; flourish again or cause to flourish again
  3. to make or become operative or active againthe youth movement was revived
  4. to bring or come into use or currency againto revive a language
  5. (tr) to take up againhe revived his old hobby
  6. to bring or come back to mind
  7. (tr) theatre to mount a new production of (an old play)
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Derived Formsrevivable, adjectiverevivability, nounrevivably, adverbreviver, nounreviving, adjectiverevivingly, adverb

Word Origin

C15: from Old French revivre to live again, from Latin revīvere, from re- + vīvere to live; see vivid
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Word Origin and History for reviver

revive

v.

early 15c., "return to consciousness; restore to health," from Middle French revivre (10c.), from Latin revivere "to live again," from re- "again" (see re-) + vivere "to live" (see vital). Meaning "bring back to notice or fashion" is from mid-15c. Related: Revived; reviving.

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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
reviver in Medicine

revive

(rĭ-vīv′)
v.
  1. To bring back to life or consciousness; resuscitate.
  2. To regain health, vigor, or good spirits.
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