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Definition of Revive

1. Verb. Cause to regain consciousness. "The doctors revived the comatose man"

2. Verb. Give new life or energy to. "This treatment repaired my health"

3. Verb. Be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength. "Interest in ESP revived"

4. Verb. Restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state. "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina"

5. Verb. Return to consciousness. "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection"

Definition of Revive

1. v. i. To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.

2. v. t. To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.

Definition of Revive

1. to bring back to life or consciousness [v -VIVED, -VIVING, -VIVES]

Medical Definition of Revive

1. 1. To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated. "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. To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal. Origin: F. Revivere, L. Revivere; pref. Re- re- + vivere to live. See Vivid. 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." "The mind has a power in many cases to revive perceptions which it has once had." (Locke) 5. To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state; as, to revive a metal after calcination. Origin: Cf. F. Reviver. See Revive. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Revive

revitalize revitalized revitalizes revitalizing revivable revival revival revivalism revivalisms revivalist

revivalistic revivalists revivals revival meeting revive (current term) revive (current term) revived reviver revivers revives

revivescence revivification revivification revivifications revivified revivifies revivify revivifying reviving revivings

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