Google
 

AllWords.com Home

English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search

 
 
Complete Definition of "revive"

English

webster

Etymology
F. revivere, L. revivere; prefix re- re- + vivere to live. See vivid.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-revive.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪv|-aɪv

Verb
en-verb|reviv|ing

  1. To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.

#:The Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into again, and he revived. 1 Kings xvii. 22.

  1. Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century.
  2. To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.
  3. To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.
  4. To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.
  5. Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning.
  6. To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken.
  7. To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state; as, to revive a metal after calcination.

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L3+ (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Translations)
trans-top|to recover from a state of neglect
trans-mid
Spanish: revivir
trans-bottom

trans-top|to return to life, to recover life or strength
trans-mid
Kurdish: KUchar|بÙÙÚØ§ÙدÙÙâÙÙâ
trans-bottom

ttbc|Telugu: à°ªà±à°¨à°°à±à°à±à°à±à°µà°¿à°à°ªà°à±à°¯à± (punarujjIviMpajaeyu)

Category:English ergative verbs

fa:revive
fr:revive
io:revive
ja:revive
te:revive
vi:revive
zh:revive

Revision and Credits for"revive"
Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the
GNU Free Documentation License
 
 

 Find:
  Words Starting With:
  Words Ending With:
  Words Containing:
  Words That Match:

 
 Translate Into:
  
Dutch   French   German
  
Italian   Spanish
    Show results per page.


Browse the Dictionary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 
  

   
Allwords Copyright 1998-2012 Allsites LLC. All rights reserved.