reviver
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a word derived from
revive.
reviveverb (used with object)to activate, set in motion, or take up again; renew.
Example Sentences
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A favourite of mine is a slight twist on a classic cocktail – the corpse reviver no 2.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 26, 2020
He was the prime reviver of our ragged, treasured art.
From Time ● Jun. 21, 2012
Don’t forget that there’s also a corpse reviver No. 1.
From Slate ● Dec. 30, 2011
Its growth as an arts institution was fueled by Wade F. B. Thompson, a nearby resident and reviver of the Airstream trailer line who died in 2009.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2011
So lived and died Alfonso the Tenth, the father of Spanish literature, and the reviver of Spanish learning.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle