revivify

[ ri-viv-uh-fahy ]

verb (used with object)

, re·viv·i·fied, re·viv·i·fy·ing.

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

revivify

/ rɪˈvɪvɪˌfaɪ /

verb

1. tr to give new life or spirit to; revive

Derived Forms

• reˌvivifiˈcation, noun

Other Words From

• re·viv·i·fi·ca·tion [ri-viv-, uh, -fi-, key, -sh, uh, n], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of revivify¹

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

Example Sentences

In the twelfth century the old system of wer and bt is already vanishing, though an antiquarian lawyer may yet try to revivify it.

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The thought that he could revivify her by the very strength of his overflowing love took him forward a step.

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Prof. Church has in this story sought to revivify that most interesting period, the last days of the Roman Republic.

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After all, how can we know anything of a nation's present or future without some attempt to revivify its past?

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It is a food too strong for ordinary men, and which, when it does not revivify, smothers.

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