revive

Verb
Synonyms: resuscitateanimaterecreatereanimaterenovaterepairquickenvivifyrevivifyresurrectcome to

WordNet 3.0

Verb (5)

  1. cause to regain consciousness“The doctors revived the comatose man”Synonyms: resuscitate
  2. give new life or energy to“A hot soup will revive me”“This will renovate my spirits”“This treatment repaired my health”Synonyms: animaterecreatereanimaterenovaterepairquickenvivifyrevivify
  3. be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength“Interest in ESP revived”
  4. restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state“He revived this style of opera”“He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina”Synonyms: resurrect
  5. return to consciousness“The patient came to quickly”“She revived after the doctor gave her an injection”Synonyms: come toresuscitate
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Revive \Re*vive"\, v. t. [Cf. F. reviver. See Revive, v. i.]

1.To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate. [1913 Webster]

Those bodies, by reason of whose mortality we died, shall be revived.— Bp. Pearson.[1913 Webster]

2.To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension. [1913 Webster]

Those gracious words revive my drooping thoughts.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
Your coming, friends, revives me.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

3.Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning. [1913 Webster]

4.To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken. "Revive the libels born to die." --Swift. [1913 Webster]

The mind has a power in many cases to revive perceptions which it has once had.— Locke.[1913 Webster]

5.(Old Chem.) To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state; as, to revive a metal after calcination. [1913 Webster]

Revive \Re*vive"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Revived; p. pr. & vb. n. Reviving.] [F. revivere, L. revivere; pref. re- re- + vivere to live. See Vivid.]

1.To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

The Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into again, and he revived.— 1 Kings xvii. 22.[1913 Webster]

2.Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century. [1913 Webster]

3.(Old Chem.) To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal. [1913 Webster]

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