Definition of revive

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revive
verb (reviv, ing)

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

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

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

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