revivern.1
/rᵻˈvʌɪvə/, U.S. /rəˈvaɪvər/, /riˈvaɪvər/ 1.
a. Something which has a reviving, restorative, or invigorating effect. Later also colloquial: a stimulating drink, esp. an alcoholic one.corpse-reviver: see the first element.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > [noun] > that which or one who refreshes or invigorates
spice?c1225
comfort1377
refresherc1450
refreshment1532
reviver1542
sauce1561
salt1579
refocillation1608
whettera1625
fillip1699
stimulant1728
stimulation1733
yeast1769
stimulus1791
inspiriter1821
stimulatory1821
refreshener1824
boost1825
bracer1826
young blood1830
freshener1838
invigoratorc1842
blow1849
tonic1849
elevation1850
stimulator1851
breather1876
pick-me-up1876
a shot in the arm1922
the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun] > restoration to flourishing condition > that which
reviver1542
respirator?1553
recruit1650
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > restorative
resumptivea1398
comfortative1398
restorative?a1439
restaurativec1450
restaurationa1500
restoritya1500
reviver1542
comforter1563
refriscative1580
comfortive1584
analeptic1634
refective1667
recruiter1729
restoration1823
recuperator1862
reconstituent1873
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [noun] > fortifying or reviving
hair of the dog that bit you1546
eye-opener1818
bracer1829
livener1870
corpse reviver1871
reviver1876
screw1877
fearnought1880
pickup1881
stiffener1928
warmer-upper1960
1542 T. Wyatt in A. K. Foxwell Poems of Sir Thomas Wyatt (1913) 66 The restful place, revyver of my smarte: The labors salve, incressyng my sorow.
1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health iii. f. 127v A certaine Baulme or water,..which is, the reuyuer, and defendour or mainteyner of youth.
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. E4 v Hee saith, it [sc. learning] is..the reuiuer of vices, and mother of cowardize.
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 344 The mirthfull sunne (the provoker and reviver of decayed nature).
1657 E. Calamy Evid. for Heaven Pref. sig. a5 God dwels as a reviver in the heart of the humble and contrite sinner.
1760 J. Beattie Elegy in Orig. Poems & Transl. 70 Hail kind Reviver! that canst lull the cares, And every weary sense compose to rest.
1811 W. Huntingdon Wks. XX. 361 The Holy Spirit..is the life of every grace; the quickener, animater, and reviver of all his own implantation.
1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxiii. 288 ‘Now, Mr. Tapley,’ said Mark, giving himself a tremendous blow in the chest by way of reviver.
1876 W. Besant & J. Rice Golden Butterfly I. viii. 154 It was but twelve o'clock, and therefore early for revivers of any sort.
1911 Bulletin (Sydney) 7 Dec. 44/2 The worn-out ox persuader feels the need of a reviver in the shape of a glass of whisky.
1973 Times 9 Aug. 2/8 It was 20 minutes before they could clear his head. ‘We got a reviver on him but did not think it would be much use.’
2003 J. S. Blocker et al. Alcohol & Temperance in Mod. Hist. 642/1 A belief in the health-giving benefits of beer as a reviver of male strength resulted in the pub and the beerhouse becoming the focus of working-class masculine leisure.
b. A treatment used to restore a faded colour, polish, lustre, etc.
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the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [noun] > for restoring faded colour
reviver1817
1817 Times 10 Nov. 1/2 (advt.) This Reviver is approved of by many of the Nobility,..who have declared to the Proprietor that various articles of Mourning which had lost their colour..have been so effectually renovated by the use of Dr. Bradley's Reviver, as not to be distinguished from new.
1834 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz (1836) 1st Ser. II. 106 The transient dignity of the unhappy man decreased in exact proportion as the ‘reviver’ wore off.
1885 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts Gen. Index French Polish Reviver.
1916 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 3 Nov. 7/1 (advt.) This excellent Polish and Butcher's Reviver used occasionally will keep them [sc. floors] looking like new.
1988 Which? Jan. 33/2 We found both revivers effective on grout in good condition.
2003 S. Rivers & N. Umney Conservation of Furnit. iv. xiii. 607/2 Traditional revivers are potentially very damaging and cannot be recommended for conservation treatments.
2. † b. (A name applied to) a member of a group of Methodist revivalists. Cf. = Primitive Methodist n. at primitive n. and adj. Compounds 2. Obsolete. rare.† c. A person who mends or renovates old clothes. Obsolete.
a. A person who revives or restores, esp. something which has lapsed, become obsolete, or fallen into disuse.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun] > restoration of anything lapsed or obsolete > one who
reviver1565
1565 W. Allen Def. & Declar. Doctr. Purgatory ii. xiv. f. 266v If the owlde authors of this sect be not so glorious as these newe reuiuers..they may cal theime selues Lutherans, or Caluinistes, or what they will, but Catholikes.
1588 H. Oldcastle & J. Mellis Briefe Instr. Accompts sig. A2v Truely I am but the renuer and reuiuer of an auncient old copie printed here in London.
1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist ii. v. 2 The Magistrate must be a remoouer, or reviver of the Ceremonies controversed.
1673 J. Milton True Relig. in Wks. (1851) V. 410 The Authors or late Revivers of all those Sects or Opinions.
1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero II. 479 The head and reviver of the Marian cause.
1797 W. Godwin Enquirer i. vi. 38 We are indebted to the..revivers of letters for more than we can express.
1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi II. iv. i. 92 To grace the palace of the Reviver of the old Republic.
1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. II. vii. 325 The first considerable reviver of Shakespeare.
1907 Catholic Encycl. II. 440/2 It was no part of St. Benedict's design that his spiritual descendants should make a figure in the world as..pioneers of civilization, as revivers of agriculture, [etc.].
1976 M. Riedel in J. Manninen & R. Tuomela Ess. Explan. & Understanding i. 8 Hegel is considered as the great reviver of the Aristotelian tradition in the philosophy of methodology.
2004 P. Porter in S. Smith Cambr. Compan. W. H. Auden x. 128 He is the great reviver of past disciplines within modern times.
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society > faith > worship > preaching > proselytization > revival > [noun] > one engaged in
revivalist1803
reviver1824
1824 W. E. Andrews Crit. & Hist. Rev. Fox's Bk. Martyrs I. 228 Religious frenzy, imbibed by her connexion with a sect of Methodists called Revivers.
1833 Comet 2 June 284 What crops of muddled nincompoops have sprung! Hernhutters, Jumpers, Ranters, Harmonites, Revivers, Squatters, Calvinists..; The major part rank fools, the rest rank bites.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > carrying out specific processes > repairing or renovating > one who
dubber1225
renovater1791
busheler1846
bushelman1864
clobberer1864
reviver1864
alteration hand1884
1864 Times 3 Nov. 6/6 ‘Revivers’, who rejuvenate seedy black coats, and, for the moment, make them look as good as new.
1885 Cassell's Family Mag. 720/1 The translators and revivers, who with little skill and less capital contrive to make a living for themselves by ministering to the bodily wants of their equally impecunious brethren.
1892 N. Amer. Rev. Nov. 564 When woollen rags still adhere together they first go through the hands of various artists, who are named ‘clobberers’, ‘revivers’, and ‘translators’.
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revivern.2
/rᵻˈvʌɪvə/, U.S. /rəˈvaɪvər/, /riˈvaɪvər/ Chiefly Law. Now rare.
1. bill of reviver n. a bill reviving a suit or action which has been rendered void, esp. by the death of one of the parties. Cf. bill of revivor at revivor n.2 2.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [noun] > complaint in respect of civil claim > written application to court > for revival of suit
bill of reviver1603
bill of revivor1623
1603 F. Bacon Let. in Wks. (1857–74) X. 73 It was like a Bill of Reviver, by way of crosse-suits.
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Bill of Reviver, is when a Bill hath been exhibited in Chancery, against one who answers, and before the Cause is heard, or if heard, before the Decree enrolled, either Party dies: In this case a Bill of Reviver must be brought, that the former Proceedings may stand revived, and the Cause be finally determined.
1766 London Mag. July 133/1 By original and supplemental bills, and bills of reviver, I do certify, that..Mr. William Hunt, the receiver hath paid into the Bank of England the sum.
1838 Times 28 June 7/1 It was now attempted to set aside numerous orders made in this very long suit, on the ground that bills of reviver had not been properly filed almost 20 years ago.
1896 W. R. Shepherd Hist. Proprietary Govt. Pennsylvania i. vii. 144 The deadlock continued till November, 1754, when the Penns exhibited in chancery a bill of reviver and a supplemental bill of complaint, and obtained an order to revive the proceedings.
1942 Mod. Lang. Rev. 37 303 His two sisters,..on whom the property devolved, entered a Bill of Reviver against the various defendants.
2. Revival, restoration, or re-establishment, esp. of a law or statute; an instance of this.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun] > restoration of anything lapsed or obsolete
resuscitationa1500
revival1587
revivor1602
reviver1605
redivival1843
relance1960
1605 G. Babington Certaine Considerations drawne from Canons of Last Sinod 27 First, this booke before 5. and 6. of Edward the sixth, was never alive, and being once dead by the statute of Queene Mary, was but restored to life by the Queenes statute of Reviver.
c1617 F. Bacon Digest of Laws (1629) 145 The Lawes of those three Law-Giuers had great Prerogatiues... The third, of a Spirit of Reuiuer; To bee often oppressed, and often restored.
1621 H. Finch Calling of Iewes 161 The phrase importeth an vtter extinguishment without hope of reuiuer.
1637 P. Heylyn Briefe Answer Burton 140 A reviver and continuance onely of the antient usages.
1725 J. Stevens Royal Treasury of Eng. 254 There was a Reviver of the Statute of 22 Hen. 8. 12. and 2 and 4 Edw. 6. 16. touching relieving the poor and impotent Persons.
1792 Legal Recreations I. 140 The statute of 28 Hen. VIII. c. 7. was revived by the reviver of the statute of 28 Hen. VIII. c. 16.
1895 Rep. Appellate Court Indiana 2 358 The reviver of the insurance policy was not a new contract of insurance.
1913 F. White & G. Goldmark Non-stock Corporations 128 (heading) Reviver of repealed statutes.
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† reviverv.
Obsolete.
transitive (in passive). To treat (clothing) with a reviver; to renovate.Apparently only in the work of G. A. Sala.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (transitive)] > repair or renovate
turn?c1475
translate1503
spetch1828
mend1836
clobber1851
reviver1852
1852 G. A. Sala in Household Words 17 Apr. 98/1 Clothes good enough to be revivered, tricked, polished, teased, re-napped, and sold..as superior second-hand garments.
1863 G. A. Sala Breakfast in Bed 91 An old coat that has been black-and-blue revivered.
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