Sekirov Dictionary

revive

/ɹɪˈvaɪ̯v/

verb 19
noun 1
forms 6

verb19

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To cause (a person or animal) to recover from a faint; to cause (a person or animal) to return to a state of consciousness.
- Her grandmother said that if she lost consciousness, she would not want to be revived.
- The dying puppy was revived by a soft hand.
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(figurative) 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.
(figurative) To cause (a feeling, state of mind, etc.) to come back or return; to reactivate, to reawaken.
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(figurative) 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.
(figurative) To make (something which has become faded or unclear) clear or fresh again; to refresh.
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(figurative) To recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity; to become active or lively again; to reanimate, to revitalize.
- Classical learning revived in the 15th century.
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(figurative) Of a feeling, state of mind, etc.: to come back or return; to be reactivated or reawakened.
- [W]hẽ [when] he saw the lord de la vale his hert reuyued and thought there was some tretye in hande. — 1524
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To recover from a faint; to return to a state of consciousness.
- He is in suche a swounde [swoon] yͭ I wene he wyll neuer reuyue againe […] — 1530
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(figurative) To put on a new production of (a musical, play, or other stage performance; also, a film or television programme).
- A Prologue to the Play of Queene Elizabeth [I] as it vvas last revived at the Cock-pit, in vvhich the Author taxeth the most corrupted copy novv imprinted, vvhich vvas published vvithout his consent. — 1637
(figurative) Of a musical, play, or other stage performance; also, a film or television programme: to have a new production put on.
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To bring (a person or animal which is dead) back to life.
- [T]he King is vveary / Of daintie and such picking greeuances, / For he hath found, to end one doubt by death, / Reuiues tvvo greater in the heires of life: […] — 1596
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Of a dead person or animal: to be brought back to life.
- For Christ therfore dyed and rose agayne⸝ ãd [and] revived⸝ that he shuld be lorde both of deed and quicke. — 1526
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(figurative) To give new validity to (a law or legal instrument); to reenact, to revalidate.
- [S]uche Lawes made by hym, as kyng Henry the sixt, had caused to be abrogated and adnichilated, he again reuiued and renouated. — 1548
(figurative) Of a law or legal instrument: to be given new validity.
(figurative, historical) To restore (a metal (especially mercury) or other substance in a compound or mixture) to its pure or unmixed state.
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Of a person, animal, or plant: to return to a state of health or vigour, especially after almost dying.
- I Quycken I reuyue as a thyng dothe that fyrst doth begyn to styrre or yͭ was wyddered or almoste deed and retourneth to lyfe againe⸝ […] — 1530
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(figurative) To bring (someone) back to a state of health or vigour.
- What helpes reuiue, / the thriuing, to thriue. / Plough fence and store, / aught else before. — 1580
(figurative, no longer used) Of a metal (especially mercury) or other substance in a compound or mixture: to return to its pure or unmixed state.
(figurative, no longer used) To rerun (an election).

noun1

(no longer used) Synonym of revival (“an act of reviving, or a state of being revived (in various senses)”).

forms

revived · revivedst · reviving · revives · reviveth · revivest

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