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revive
[ ri-vahyv ]
verb (used with object)
- to activate, set in motion, or take up again; renew:
to revive old feuds.
Synonyms:
- to restore to life or consciousness:
We revived him with artificial respiration.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms:
- to put on or show (an old play or motion picture) again.
- to make operative or valid again.
Synonyms:
- to bring back into notice, use, or currency:
to revive a subject of discussion.
- to quicken or renew in the mind; bring back:
to revive memories.
Synonyms: ,
- to reanimate or cheer (the spirit, heart, etc., or a person).
- Chemistry. to restore or reduce to the natural or uncombined state, as a metal.
verb (used without object)
- to return to life, consciousness, vigor, strength, or a flourishing condition.
- to recover from financial depression.
- to be quickened, restored, or renewed, as hope, confidence, suspicions, or memories.
- to return to notice, use, or currency, as a subject, practice, or doctrine.
- to become operative or valid again.
- Chemistry. to recover the natural or uncombined state, as a metal.
revive
/ ɪˈɪ /
verb
- to bring or be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength; resuscitate or be resuscitated
revived by a drop of whisky
- to give or assume new vitality; flourish again or cause to flourish again
- to make or become operative or active again
the youth movement was revived
- to bring or come into use or currency again
to revive a language
- tr to take up again
he revived his old hobby
- to bring or come back to mind
- tr theatre to mount a new production of (an old play)
Derived Forms
- ˈԲ, adverb
- ˈԲ, adjective
- ˈ, adjective
- ˈ, adverb
- ˌˈٲ, noun
- ˈ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·a· adjective
- ·a·i·ٲ noun
- ·a· adverb
- ·İ noun
- ·iԲ· adverb
- un·a· adjective
- ܲr· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of revive1
Example Sentences
Near restful waters he leads me; he revives my soul.
Of greatest concern is the chance that the bill would revive an 1850s abortion ban that penalizes anyone who "furnishes the means" for an illegal abortion, the women said.
We can’t stop a television studio from trying to revive a franchise, but we can withhold our time and money wherever and whenever possible.
He has already indicated that he plans to revive research tying vaccines to autism, though that connection consistently has been disproved.
It can stay like this for weeks before reviving under more favorable conditions.
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