revive
/ɹɪˈvaɪ̯v/ verb B2- To cause (a person or animal) to recover from a faint; to cause (a person or animal) to return to a state of consciousness. · Near-synonym: rescue· Her grandmother said that if she lost consciousness, she would not want to be revived.
- To bring (a person or animal which is dead) back to life.
- To cause (something) to recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity; to make (something) active or lively again; to reanimate, to revitalize. · The Manx language has been revived after dying out, and is now taught in some schools on the Isle of Man.· This new paint job should revive the surgery waiting room.
- To cause (a feeling, state of mind, etc.) to come back or return; to reactivate, to reawaken.
- To renew (something) in one's or people's memories or minds; to bring back (something) to (public) attention; to reawaken. · The Harry Potter books and films revived the world’s interest in wizardry.
- To make (something which has become faded or unclear) clear or fresh again; to refresh.
- To restore (a metal (especially mercury) or other substance in a compound or mixture) to its pure or unmixed state. · to revive a metal after calcination
- To give new validity to (a law or legal instrument); to reenact, to revalidate.
Plural revive · He/she/it revives · Past revived · Past participle revived · -ing form reviving
Verb forms
- Base form
- revive
- He/she/it
- revives
- Past
- revived
- Past participle
- revived
- -ing form
- reviving
From the library
“Come, come,” said the young man, “a glass of wine, father, will revive you.
I promise you it affords me as little pleasure to revive it as it does you.
The Snake was quickly revived by the warmth, and resuming its natural instincts, bit its benefactor, inflicting on him a mortal wound.
So she took herself away, somewhat to Marilla’s relief, for the latter felt her doubts and fears reviving under the influence of Mrs.
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