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▪ I. reˈvivor1 rare.
Also 6 reuiuour, 7 reuiuor.
[f. revive v. + -or1.]
One who revives, renews, or restores; a reviver.
a1540Barnes Wks. (1573) 369 Hee hath therfore his reuiuour present with him, and dwellyng within hym. 1611Cotgr., Renouvelleur, a renewer,..reuiuor, beginner againe, of. 1841S. Fenton Salted Brandy Pref. p. vii note, He positively denies himself to be either the inventor or revivor of it.
▪ II. revivor2|rɪˈvaɪvə(r)|
[f. revive v. + -or2.]
†1. Renewal, revival. Obs. rare.
1602Warner Alb. Eng. Epit. 363 He commaunded that his whole Dominion heere should bee called Angel,..in Reuiuor of the name of the Countrie from which his Auncestors..scaled. 1741T. Robinson Gavelkind v. 74 The Nature of Gavelkind Land cannot be entirely changed, nor the Custom extinguished beyond a Possibility of Revivor.
2. A proceeding for the revival of a suit or action abated by the death of one of the parties, or by some other circumstance. Chiefly in phr. bill of revivor (cf. reviver n.2 2).
1727–38Chambers Cycl. s.v., In this case, a bill of revivor must be brought, praying the former proceedings may stand revived. 1768Blackstone Comm. III. 448 There may be also a bill of revivor, when the suit is abated by the death of any of the parties; in order to set the proceedings again in motion, without which they remain at a stand. 1828Le Marchant Rep. Claims to Barony of Gardner 370 The bill of revivor brought after the death of Ann Smyth. 1884Law Times Rep. LI. 333/2 Revivor was not allowed merely for the purpose of appealing against a decree. |