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/rɪvˈaɪvɪŋ/ /rivˈaɪvɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Revive v. t.

1.

To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate. "Those bodies, by reason of whose mortality we died, shall be revived."

2.

To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension. "Those gracious words revive my drooping thoughts." "Your coming, friends, revives me."

3.

Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning.

4.

To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken. "Revive the libels born to die." "The mind has a power in many cases to revive perceptions which it has once had."

5.

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

Revive v. i. (past & past part. revived; pres. part. reviving)

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."

2.

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

3.

(Old Chem.) To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.

adjective

Reviving adj., n. Returning or restoring to life or vigor; reanimating.

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"Reviving" Quotes from Famous Books

... now at loggerheads with each other, a notion of the peril equally impending upon all concerned and the conviction that an indefinite prolongation of the present state of things is impossible, would prove decisive factors in restoring a spirit of peace and in reviving that spirit of solidarity which now ...

— Peaceless Europe • Francesco Saverio Nitti

... were breaking out anew with me, or that I were entering upon quite a new and almost unknown career of existence, and I rejoice to find my sensibilities, which were waning as to many objects of past interest, reviving with all their freshness and vivacity at the scenes and prospects opening around me." He expects the breaking of the thralldom of falsehood woven over the human mind; and, more definitely, hopes that the Reform Bill will prevail. Yet he is oppressed by the gloom hanging ...

— Washington Irving • Charles Dudley Warner

... was scarce, were necessarily few. But the pioneer proved a host in himself. Resigning the editorial charge of the Liberator into the capable hands of Edmund Quincy, Garrison itinerated in the role of an anti-slavery lecturer in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire, reviving everywhere the languishing interest of his disciples. On the return of Collins in the summer of 1841, revival meetings and conventions started up with increased activity, the fruits of which were of a most cheering character. At Nantucket, Garrison made a big catch in his anti-slavery ...

— William Lloyd Garrison - The Abolitionist • Archibald H. Grimke

... course, much in the conduct of the Government which called for criticism, and on that account it was a grievous pity that independence should have stultified itself by reviving in any form the root principle of party government, and recognising as the best critics of the Administration men who desired to take its place. More useful censure of the Government at that time might have come from men who, if they had axes to grind, would have publicly thrown them away. ...

— Abraham Lincoln • Lord Charnwood

... prefer being present on the cheering days. I hope you will think his lecture deserved its reception. His squiredom agrees with him uncommonly. He rides and walks, and drinks ale and grows fat. As for me, I have not been at all strong since I came here, but I hope I am reviving now, and shall soon be able thoroughly to enjoy a life happy and pleasant beyond expression—such peace of mind and body to us both, such leisure to enjoy much that we both do enjoy with all our hearts and have been long debarred from, are blessings of ...

— Lady John Russell • Desmond MacCarthy and Agatha Russell

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