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Meaning of 'revival' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Revival [ n.]
- The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.
- Renewed attention to something, as to letters or literature.
- Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, as the drama and literature.
- Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest.
- Reanimation from a state of langour or depression; -- applied to the health, spirits, and the like.
- Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture.
- Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion.
- Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal; as, the revival of a debt barred by limitation; the revival of a revoked will, etc.
- Revivification, as of a metal. See Revivification, 2.

Meaning of 'revival' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . revival [ n]
Meaning (1):
- bringing again into activity and prominence
Example in sentence:
  • a revival of a neglected play by Moliere;
  • the Gothic revival in architecture;
  • the revival of trade

Nearby Words:

revaccinate revalescence revalescent revaluation revamp reve reveal revealability revealable revealed

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