revivify

[ ri-viv-uh-fahy ]

/ rɪˈvɪv əˌfaɪ /

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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.

Words nearby revivify

revival of learning, revivalism, revivalist, revive, revivification, revivify, reviviscence, revivor, revocable, revocation, revoice

Origin of revivify

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

OTHER WORDS FROM revivify

re·viv·i·fi·ca·tion

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

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Examples from the Web for revivify

In the twelfth century the old system of wer and bt is already vanishing, though an antiquarian lawyer may yet try to revivify it.
Domesday Book and Beyond|Frederic William Maitland
After all, how can we know anything of a nation's present or future without some attempt to revivify its past?
Penelope's Irish Experiences|Kate Douglas Wiggin
It is a food too strong for ordinary men, and which, when it does not revivify, smothers.
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

Further, on 19th April, he induced Haugwitz to sign a treaty which promised to revivify the monarchical cause.
William Pitt and the Great War|John Holland Rose

British Dictionary definitions for revivify

revivify

/ (rɪˈvɪvɪˌfaɪ) /

verb -fies, -fying or -fied

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

Derived forms of revivify

revivification, noun

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revivify

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

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Words nearby revivify

Origin of revivify

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British Dictionary definitions for revivify

verb -fies, -fying or -fied

Derived forms of revivify