revive
Americanverb (used with object)
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to activate, set in motion, or take up again; renew.
to revive old feuds.
- Synonyms:
- reactivate
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to restore to life or consciousness.
We revived him with artificial respiration.
- Synonyms:
- resuscitate, reanimate, revitalize
- Antonyms:
- kill
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to put on or show (an old play or motion picture) again.
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to make operative or valid again.
- Synonyms:
- reactivate
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to bring back into notice, use, or currency.
to revive a subject of discussion.
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to quicken or renew in the mind; bring back.
to revive memories.
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to reanimate or cheer (the spirit, heart, etc., or a person).
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Chemistry. to restore or reduce to the natural or uncombined state, as a metal.
verb (used without object)
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to return to life, consciousness, vigor, strength, or a flourishing condition.
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to recover from financial depression.
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to be quickened, restored, or renewed, as hope, confidence, suspicions, or memories.
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to return to notice, use, or currency, as a subject, practice, or doctrine.
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to become operative or valid again.
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Chemistry. to recover the natural or uncombined state, as a metal.
verb
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to bring or be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength; resuscitate or be resuscitated
revived by a drop of whisky
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to give or assume new vitality; flourish again or cause to flourish again
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to make or become operative or active again
the youth movement was revived
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to bring or come into use or currency again
to revive a language
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(tr) to take up again
he revived his old hobby
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to bring or come back to mind
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(tr) theatre to mount a new production of (an old play)
Other Word Forms
- revivability noun
- revivable adjective
- revivably adverb
- reviver noun
- reviving adjective
- revivingly adverb
- unrevivable adjective
- unrevived adjective
Etymology
Origin of revive
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English reviven, from Latin revīvere “to live again,” from re- re- + vīvere “to live” ( vital )
Example Sentences
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If surging revenue isn’t enough to revive the stock, new hardware might do the trick.
From Barron's
Renewed conflict in the Middle East poses a fresh headache for Asia’s central banks, reviving inflation risks just as price pressures had steadied across much of the region.
Renewed conflict in the Middle East poses a fresh headache for Asia’s central banks, reviving inflation risks just as price pressures had steadied across much of the region.
For years, analysts have said officials need to do more to strengthen job-market prospects and the social safety net, and address the property slump to revive confidence and get households spending again.
Pinon said there was no sense of urgency from the Americans to revive Venezuela's oil industry, though, as the United States is the world's largest producer of crude oil with secure supplies.
From Barron's
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