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Meaning of 'revive' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Revive [ v. i.]
- To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
- Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century.
- To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.
- To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.
- To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.
- Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning.
- To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken.
- To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state; as, to revive a metal after calcination.

Meaning of 'revive' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . revive [ v]
Meaning (1):
- give new life or energy to
Example in sentence:
  • A hot soup will revive me;
  • This treatment repaired my health;
  • This will renovate my spirits
Meaning (2):
- restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state
Example in sentence:
  • He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina;
  • He revived this style of opera
Meaning (3):
- be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength
Example in sentence:
  • Interest in ESP revived
Meaning (4):
- return to consciousness
Example in sentence:
  • She revived after the doctor gave her an injection;
  • The patient came to quickly;
  • These pictures bring back sad memories
Meaning (5):
- cause to regain consciousness
Example in sentence:
  • The doctors revived the comatose man

Nearby Words:

revaccinate revalescence revalescent revaluation revamp reve reveal revealability revealable revealed

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