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revive
/ɹɪˈvaɪv/
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What does revive mean?
verb
- To cause (a person or animal) to recover from a faint; to cause (a person or animal) to return to a state of consciousness.
- To bring (a person or animal which is dead) back to life.
- (figuratively) 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.
More meanings (17)
verb
- (figuratively) To cause (a feeling, state of mind, etc.) to come back or return; to reactivate, to reawaken.
- (figuratively) To renew (something) in one's or people's memories or minds; to bring back (something) to (public) attention; to reawaken.
- (figuratively) To make (something which has become faded or unclear) clear or fresh again; to refresh.
- (figuratively) To put on a new production of (a musical, play, or other stage performance; also, a film or television programme).
- To recover from a faint; to return to a state of consciousness.
- Of a dead person or animal: to be brought back to life.
- Of a person, animal, or plant: to return to a state of health or vigour, especially after almost dying.
- (figuratively) To recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity; to become active or lively again; to reanimate, to revitalize.
- (figuratively) Of a feeling, state of mind, etc.: to come back or return; to be reactivated or reawakened.
- (figuratively) Of a musical, play, or other stage performance; also, a film or television programme: to have a new production put on.
- (figuratively, historical) To restore (a metal (especially mercury) or other substance in a compound or mixture) to its pure or unmixed state.
- (figuratively, historical) To give new validity to (a law or legal instrument); to reenact, to revalidate.
- (figuratively, obsolete, rare) To bring (someone) back to a state of health or vigour.
- (figuratively, obsolete, rare) To rerun (an election).
- (figuratively, obsolete, rare) Of a metal (especially mercury) or other substance in a compound or mixture: to return to its pure or unmixed state.
- (figuratively, historical) Of a law or legal instrument: to be given new validity.
noun
- (obsolete) Synonym of revival (“an act of reviving, or a state of being revived (in various senses)”).
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IPA pronunciation
/ɹɪˈvaɪv/
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In this way, I hope to revive the old impressions of places and things as vividly as possible in his mind.
Then I went along with him, and he gave me some roasted ground nuts, which did again revive my feeble stomach.
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Apart from such cases, there would be the very real danger of an organized attempt to destroy Anarchism and revive ancient oppressions.
She ran at once to tell Christine, who hurried down and, with the help of the landlady, did her best to revive him.
“Don’t recall her to herself,” he said, softly, to the latter, “she is better so. Don’t revive her to consciousness, while she only faints.”