revive
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle French revivre, Latin revivere; prefix re- re- + vivere to live. See vivid.
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revive (third-person singular simple present revives, present participle reviving, simple past and past participle revived)
- (transitive) To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
- The Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into again, and he revived. 1 Kings xvii. 22.
- The dying puppy was revived by a soft hand.
- Her grandmother refused to be revivied if she lost consciousness
- (transitive) To recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century.
- In recent years, The Manx language has been revived after dying out and is now taught in some schools on the Isle of Man.
- (transitive) To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.
- Hopefully this new paint job should revive the surgery waiting room
- (transitive) To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.
- (transitive) 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.
- The Harry Potter films revived the world's interest in wizardry
- (intransitive) To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.
- (transitive) To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state
- revive a metal after calcination.
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[edit] Translations
to recover from a state of neglect
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to return to life, to recover life or strength
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to bring again to life
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Verb
revīve
- second-person singular present active imperative of revīvō
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Verb
revive (infinitive revivir)
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