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Definition of Reviver
1. n. One who, or that which, revives.
Definition of Reviver
1. Noun. Agent noun of revive; one who revives. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reviver
1. one that revives [n -S] - See also: revives
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reviver
Literary usage of Reviver
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond (1822)
"And a plaintiff, upon an abatement of the suit, may have a hill of reviver, or
an original bill, at his election. 1 Ver. 463. A bill of reviver is not ..."
2. The Alliance of Divine Offices by Hamon L'Estrange (1846)
"(F) The present act a reviver of a former. (G) The parliament did only ratify,
not make the alterations. (H) Anciently bishops visited in person. ..."
3. The Letters of Pliny the Consul:: With Occasional Remarks. by Pliny, William Melmoth (1796)
"... for tho' indeed to be the author and reviver of an example of 'this kind, may
be an act of ... reviver ..."
4. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1895)
"... reviver and leader of the Moravian church, was born at Dresden, Saxony, May 26,.
His father, a Saxon minister of state, dying when the child was six ..."
5. History of the Problems of Philosophy by Paul Janet, Gabriel Séailles (1902)
"Occam, the reviver of nominalism in the 14th century, declared that everything
that is beyond experience is beyond reason, and hence is an object of faith. ..."
6. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1901)
"Bringing In New Parties — reviver, 36. (1) In General, 36. () Upon Devolution of
Interest by Assignment, (3) Upon Dissolution and Merger of Corporations, ..."
7. A Dictionary of Mechanical Science, Arts, Manufactures, and Miscellaneous by Alexander Jamieson (1829)
"He is the reviver at least of the Egyptian mechanics. ARCHIMEDES' SCREW, fig.
85, or the water snail, is a machine for raising water, consisting of a ..."
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