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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REVIV'IFY, v.t.
1. To recall to life; to reanimate.
2. To give new life or vigor to.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: 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]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Etymology: French révivifier, from Late Latin revivificare, from Latin re- + Late Latin vivificare to vivify Date: 1675 to give new life to ; revive • revivification noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (-ies, -ied) restore to animation, activity, vigour, or life. Derivatives: revivification n. Etymology: F revivifier or LL revivificare (as RE-, VIVIFY)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Revivify Re*viv"i*fy, v. t. [Cf. F. r['e]vivifier, L. revivificare. See Vivify.] To cause to revive. Some association may revivify it enough to make it flash, after a long oblivion, into consciousness. --Sir W. Hamilton.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(revivifies, revivifying, revivified) To revivify a situation, event, or activity means to make it more active, lively, or efficient. (FORMAL) They've revivified rhythm and blues singing by giving it dance beats. = revitalize VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Reanimate, resuscitate, revive, bring to life again.