revive
verb (used with object)
to activate, set in motion, or take up again; renew.
reviver
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a word derived from
revive.
Example Sentences
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Instead, the rapturous reception and £1.3bn-plus worldwide gross are clear indicators that Abrams, 49, is now Hollywood’s most trusted reviver of ailing franchises.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 30, 2016
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
One of the most practical is a boot-cleaning set in strong pigskin with gold clasps, including, very ingeniously, a bottle of patent-leather reviver.
From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 23, 1914 by Various
