revivify

[ ri-viv-uh-fahy ]
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verb (used with object),re·viv·i·fied, re·viv·i·fy·ing.
  1. to restore to life; give new life to; revive; reanimate.

Origin of revivify

1
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-shuhn], /rɪˌvɪv ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən/, noun

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How to use revivify in a sentence

  • My body and brain, weary and dull from the toil of travel, received a singular and revivifying freshness.

  • To the sick man the distance was considerable, but minute by minute he grew stronger, restored by revivifying hope.

    The Secret of the Storm Country | Grace Miller White
  • There must be a quickening of the public conscience and a revivifying of the patriotism of the early fathers of the republic.

  • I had tired of the steamy atmosphere of Batavia, and that line of blue seemed full of revivifying power.

    A Visit to Java | W. Basil Worsfold
  • Frederick, too, had an inclination for Utopias, and his friend's notions had a revivifying effect upon him.

    Atlantis | Gerhart Hauptmann

British Dictionary definitions for revivify

revivify

/ (rɪˈvɪvɪˌfaɪ) /


verb-fies, -fying or -fied
  1. (tr) to give new life or spirit to; revive

Derived forms of revivify

  • revivification, noun

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