"revive" Definition

Definitions for the word "revive" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v. i.
To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. i.
Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. i.
To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. i.
To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. i.
To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. i.
Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. i.
To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. i.
To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state; as, to revive a metal after calcination.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v.
(-ving) 1 come or bring back to consciousness, life, or strength. 2 come or bring back to existence, or to use or notice etc. [latin vivo live]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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