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‖ redivivus, a.|rɛdɪˈviːvəs| Also fem. rediviva, fem. pl. -æ. [L., see redivive a.] Come back to life; = redivive a. Always placed after the n.
1675R. Head (title) Proteus redivivus: or the art of wheedling. 1681H. Nevile (title) Plato redivivus. 1843H. James Let. 11 May in R. B. Perry Tht. & Char. W. James (1935) I. 47, I believe Jonathan Edwards redivivus in true blue would, after an honest study of the philosophy that has grown up since his day, make the best possible reconciler and critic of philosophy—far better than Schelling redivivus. 1856C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain II. xxii. 589 He walked round and round his friend, called him Nicholas Randall redivivus, quoted Dogberry. 1937Mind XLV. 492 Paton..has written the sort of defence of Kant against his critics which a Kant redivivus might have written in self-defence. 1939Joyce Finnegans Wake (1964) iii. 490 She's write to him she's levt by me, Jenny Rediviva! 1974Listener 28 Feb. 284/3 The belligerent women of all parties, tricoteuses redivivae. 1975Times 5 May 15/2 Some still believe in Stormont Redivivus. 1979Amer. N. & Q. June 167 There isn't much more to say about this first volume of GW [sc. Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke] redivivus. |