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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REVI'VE, v.i. [L. revivisco; re and vivo, to live.]
1. To return to life; to recover life.
The soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. 1 Kings 17. Romans 14.
2. To recover new life or vigor; to be reanimated after depression.
When he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived. Genesis 45.
3. To recover from a state of neglect, oblivion, obscurity or depression. Learning revived in Europe after the middle ages.
4. In chimistry, to recover its natural state, as a metal.
Sin revives, when the conscience is awakened by a conviction of guilt. Romans 7.
REVI'VE, v.t.
1. To bring again to life; to reanimate.
2. To raise from languor, depression or discouragement; to rouse; as, to revive the spirits or courage.
3. To renew; to bring into action after a suspension; as, to revive a project or scheme that had been laid aside.
4. To renew in the mind or memory; to recall.
The mind has the power in many cases to revive ideas or perceptions, which it has once had.
5. To recover from a state of neglect or depression; as, to revive letters or learning.
6. To recomfort; to quicken; to refresh with joy or hope.
Wilt thou not revive us again? Psalms 85.
7. To bring again into notice.
Revive the libels born to die.
8. In chimistry, to restore or reduce to its natural state or to its metallic state; as, to revive a metal after calcination.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: cause to regain consciousness; "The doctors revived the comatose man" [syn: resuscitate, revive]
2: give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" [syn: animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify]
3: be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength; "Interest in ESP revived"
4: restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state; "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina" [syn: revive, resurrect]
5: return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection" [syn: come to, revive, resuscitate]

Merriam Webster's

verb (revived; reviving) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French revivre, from Latin revivere to live again, from re- + vivere to live — more at quick Date: 15th century intransitive verb to return to consciousness or life ; become active or flourishing again transitive verb 1. to restore to consciousness or life 2. to restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state ; bring back 3. to renew in the mind or memory • revivable adjective • reviver noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.intr. & tr. 1 come or bring back to consciousness or life or strength. 2 come or bring back to existence, use, notice, etc. Derivatives: revivable adj. Etymology: ME f. OF revivre or LL revivere (as RE-, L vivere live)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Revive Re*vive", v. t. [Cf. F. reviver. See Revive, v. i.] 1. To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate. Those bodies, by reason of whose mortality we died, shall be revived. --Bp. Pearson. 2. To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension. Those gracious words revive my drooping thoughts. --Shak. Your coming, friends, revives me. --Milton. 3. Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning. 4. To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken. ``Revive the libels born to die.'' --Swift. The mind has a power in many cases to revive perceptions which it has once had. --Locke. 5. (Old Chem.) To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state; as, to revive a metal after calcination.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Revive Re*vive", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Revived; p. pr. & vb. n. Reviving.] [F. revivere, L. revivere; pref. re- re- + vivere to live. See Vivid.] 1. To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated. --Shak. The Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into again, and he revived. --1 Kings xvii. 22. 2. Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century. 3. (Old Chem.) To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(revives, reviving, revived) 1. When something such as the economy, a business, a trend, or a feeling is revived or when it revives, it becomes active, popular, or successful again. ...an attempt to revive the British economy... There is no doubt that grades have improved and interest in education has revived. VERB: V n, V 2. When someone revives a play, opera, or ballet, they present a new production of it. The Gaiety is reviving John B. Kean's comedy 'The Man from Clare'. VERB: V n 3. If you manage to revive someone who has fainted or if they revive, they become conscious again. She and a neighbour tried in vain to revive him... With a glazed stare she revived for one last instant. VERB: V n, V

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Resuscitate, reanimate, revivify, revitalize, reinvigorate, reinspirit, bring to life again. 2. Rouse, quicken, animate, refresh, renovate, reinspire, invigorate, cheer, recomfort, renew, recover. 3. Reawake, recall, bring to mind. 4. Recover, bring back, bring into use. II. v. n. 1. Be resuscitated or reanimated, return to life, recover life, live again. 2. Be invigorated, refreshed, or roused, recover strength.

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