revive
/ɹɪˈvaɪ̯v/
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English
Meaning
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.
Transitive verb
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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.
Transitive verb
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To cause (a feeling, state of mind, etc.) to come back or return; to reactivate, to reawaken.
Transitive verb
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To renew (something) in one's or people's memories or minds; to bring back (something) to (public) attention; to reawaken.
Transitive verb
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To make (something which has become faded or unclear) clear or fresh again; to refresh.
Transitive verb
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To restore (a metal (especially mercury) or other substance in a compound or mixture) to its pure or unmixed state.
Transitive verb
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To give new validity to (a law or legal instrument); to reenact, to revalidate.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonym: rescue"
- "Her grandmother said that if she lost consciousness, she would not want to be revived."
- "The dying puppy was revived by a soft hand."
- "This VVater reviv'd his Father more than all the Rum or Spirits I had given him; for he vvas juſt fainting vvith Thirſt."
- "[H]e […] realized that he had shot his friend and protector, Tarzan of the Apes. […] Soon the cool water revived him, and presently he opened his eyes to look in questioning surprise at D'Arnot."
- "And in her cheekes the vermeill red did ſhevv / Like roſes in a bed of lilies ſhed, / The vvhich ambroſiall odours from them threvv, / And gazers ſence vvith double pleaſure fed, / Hable to heale the ſicke, and to reuiue the ded."