reviviscence

American  

[rev-uh-vis-uhns] / ˌrɛv əˈvɪs əns /

Also reviviscency

noun

1. the act or state of being revived; revival; reanimation.

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reviviscence British  

/ rɪˈvɪvɪsəns, ˌrɛvɪˈvɪsəns /

noun

1. rare restoration to life or animation; revival

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Other Word Forms

• reviviscent
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of reviviscence

1620–30; < Latin revīvisc ( ere ) to come to life again ( re- re- + vīviscere, inchoative of vīvere to live) + -ence

Example Sentences

But its fame was short-lived: it fell during the incursions of the Normans, and, unlike most others, seems to have possessed none of the phœnix-power of reviviscence.

From Architectural Antiquities of Normandy by Cotman, John Sell

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