revivify

[ri-viv-uh-fahy]

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verb (used with object), re·viv·i·fied, re·viv·i·fy·ing.

to restore to life; give new life to; revive; reanimate.

Origin of revivify

1665–75; < French révivifier < Late Latin revīvificāre. See re-, vivify

Related formsre·viv·i·fi·ca·tion

[ri-viv-uh-fi-key-shuh n] /rɪˌvɪv ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən/, noun

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Related Words for revivify

repair, restore, strengthen, relieve, brighten, renovate, arouse, revitalize, rally, resuscitate, animate, recover, rekindle, quicken, rouse, console, solace, reactivate, enliven, comfort

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Historical Examples of revivify

Madame Rachel can only galvanize the corpse, not revivify it.
The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh
William Makepeace Thackeray
But the biologist cannot devitalize a plant or an animal and revivify it again.
Natural Law in the Spiritual World
Henry Drummond
Madame Rachel can only galvanise the corpse, not revivify it.
The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh: The Irish Sketch Book
William Makepeace Thackeray
Society is able to revivify the sentiment it has of itself only by assembling.
The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life
Emile Durkheim
Some wished to revivify it by making it a party of general reform.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 5
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British Dictionary definitions for revivify

revivify

verb -fies, -fying or -fied

(tr) to give new life or spirit to; revive

Derived Formsrevivification, noun

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