revive

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To cause (a person or animal) to recover from a faint

   To cause (a person or animal) to recover from a faint; to cause (a person or animal) to return to a state of consciousness.

   • 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.
2. 2

   To bring (a person or animal which is dead) back to life.

   • 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.
   • [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: […]
   • I remember not in Scripture that God ever revived a brute Beaſt; partly, becauſe ſuch mean ſubjects are beneath the Majeſty of a Miracle; and partly, becauſe (as the Apoſtle ſaith) brute Beaſts are made to be taken & deſtroyed.
3. 3

   To cause (something) to recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity

   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.
   • Reuiued with a glimſe of grace old ſorowes to let fal, / The hidden traines I know and ſecret ſnares of loue: […]
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   1. 4

      To cause (a feeling, state of mind, etc.) to come back or return

      To cause (a feeling, state of mind, etc.) to come back or return; to reactivate, to reawaken.

      • Partriche. Of all foules is moſte ſooneſt digeſted: and hath in hym moche nutriment, comforteth the brayne, and maketh ſede of generation,. and reuiueth luſte, whiche is abated.
      • So did ſhe all, that might his conſtant hart / VVithdravv from thought of vvarlike enterprize, / And drovvne in diſſolute delights apart, / VVhere noiſe of armes, or vevv of martiall guize / Might not reuiue deſire of knightly exercize.
      • Thus vvhen this Courtly Gentleman vvith toyle / Himſelfe hath vvearied, he doth recoyle / Vnto his reſt, and there vvith ſvveete delight / Of Muſicks skill reuiues his toyled ſpright, […]
   2. 5

      To renew (something) in one's or people's memories or minds

      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.
   3. 6

      To make (something which has become faded or unclear) clear or fresh again

      To make (something which has become faded or unclear) clear or fresh again; to refresh.

   4. 7

      To restore (a metal (especially mercury) or other substance in a compound or mixture) to…

      To restore (a metal (especially mercury) or other substance in a compound or mixture) to its pure or unmixed state.

      • to revive a metal after calcination
      • Take of crude Mercury diſtilled in a retort vvith Bay ſalt, or revived vvith common Cinnabarum, one part, Aqua fortis (of tvvo parts of Vitriol calcined and one part of ſalt Peter) tvvo parts, diſſolve them in a phial over vvarm aſhes, […]
   5. 8

      To give new validity to (a law or legal instrument)

      To give new validity to (a law or legal instrument); to reenact, to revalidate.

      • [Y]et by his moſte excellent witte⸝ he in a few yeres⸝ nat only broughte this realme in good ordre and vnder due obedience⸝ reuiued the lawes⸝ auanced Juſtice⸝ refurniſſhed his dominions⸝ and repayred his manours: […]
      • [S]uche Lawes made by hym, as kyng Henry the ſixt, had cauſed to be abrogated and adnichilated, he again reuiued and renouated.
   6. 9

      To put on a new production of (a musical, play, or other stage performance

      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.
   7. 10

      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.
   8. 11

      To rerun (an election).

   9. 12

      To recover from a faint

      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 […]
      • But God claue an hollow place that was in the iawe, and there came water thereout, ⁊ when he [Samson] had drunke, his ſpirit came againe, and he reuiued: […]
   10. 13

       Of a dead person or animal

       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.
       • Perdye, then is it fitt for me (ſaid he) / That am, I vveene, moſt vvretched man aliue, / Burning in flames, yet no flames can I ſee, / And dying dayly, dayly yet reuiue: […]
       • VVe mourne in black, vvhy mourne vve not in blood? / Henry is dead, and neuer ſhall reuiue: / Vpon a VVoodden Coffin vve attend; […]
   11. 14

       Of a person, animal, or plant

       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⸝ […]
       • They that dwell vnder his ſhadow ſhall returne: they ſhall reuiue as the corne, ⁊ grow as the vine, the ſent thereof ſhalbe as the wine of Lebanon.
       • If chance the radiant Sun vvith farevvell ſvveet / Extend his ev'ning beam, the fields revive, / The birds thir notes renevv, and bleating herds / Atteſt thir joy, that hill and valley rings.
   12. 15

       To recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity

       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.
       • He ſees her comming, and begins to glovv: / Euen as a dying coale reuiues vvith vvinde, […]
       • [I]n the Age of Leonardo da Vinci, and Raphael (vvho vvere the Protogenes and Apelles’s of the Modern Painters) vve ſhould ſee the Art revive again vvith ſo much vigour, and flouriſh in ſo ſhort a ſpace.
   13. 16

       Of a feeling, state of mind, etc.

       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.
       • I once lived without out lawe: butt when the commaundement cam⸝ ſynne revived⸝ ãd [and] I was deed.
       • I Quycken or reuyue[,] I take hert, Ie deuieus vif, […]
   14. 17

       Of a metal (especially mercury) or other substance in a compound or mixture

       Of a metal (especially mercury) or other substance in a compound or mixture: to return to its pure or unmixed state.

   15. 18

       Of a law or legal instrument

       Of a law or legal instrument: to be given new validity.

   16. 19

       Of a musical, play, or other stage performance

       Of a musical, play, or other stage performance; also, a film or television programme: to have a new production put on.

       • It is not now doubted but plays will revive, and take their usual place in the opinion of persons of wit and merit, notwithstanding their late apostacy^([sic – meaning apostasy]) in favour of dress and sound.
   17. 20

       Synonym of revival (“an act of reviving, or a state of being revived (in various…

       Synonym of revival (“an act of reviving, or a state of being revived (in various senses)”).

The neighborhood

• antonymdeanimate
• antonymdevitalize
• antonymdevive
• neighborrevivification
• neighborsurvival
• neighborsurvive
• neighborvivification
• neighborvivify