a1540 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 369 Hee hath therfore his reuiuour present with him, and dwellyng within hym.

1590 R. Cotton Direct. to Waters of Lyfe f. 45^v The popes to be reuiuors of the former beast.

1621 R. Brathwait Times Curtaine Drawne sig. G6^v The best revivour of our vncheer'd wit.

1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie iii. sig. Ddd^v Hippocrates, the Revivor of Physick, then almost decayed.

1733 Layman’s Serm. in Def. Priestcraft 17 It does not appear, however, that Pythagoras was the Inventor of this Cave-Inspiration, or the first Revivor of it after Minos.

1797 tr. A.-R. Le Sage Hist. Vanillo Gonzales II. xxxviii. 129 Those Ladies..with pimpled skins and dark complexions, could appear fairer than the day by using the revivors of the great Potoschi.

1841 S. Fenton Salted Brandy Pref. p. vii (note) He positively denies himself to be either the inventor or revivor of it.

1876 J. Fergusson Hist. Indian & Eastern Archit. v. i. 387 It would..be too much to assert that the Chalukyas were either the revivors of the Jaina faith or even its principal propagators.

1920 G. Whiting Lace Guide ii. 23 This upright, cylindrical pillow, used also by the revivors of Swiss lace-making.

1930 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 15 Jan. 12/4 (advt.) The only laxative on the market today that..acts as a stimulator and revivor for lazy livers.

1990 Internat. Jrnl. Afr. Hist. Stud. 23 177 The revival of capitalism takes place without much consideration of its revivors or their interests.

1602 W. Warner Epitome Hist. Eng. in Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) 362 He commaunded that his whole Dominion heere shoulde be called Angel,..in Reuiuor of the name of the Countrie from which his Auncestors..scaled.

1603 F. Bacon Let. 28 Mar. in Resuscitatio (1657) ii. 24 I did write unto you, yesterday, by Mr. Lake,..a Letter, of Revivour, of those Sparks of former Acquaintance, between us, in my Brothers time.

1741 T. Robinson Common Law of Kent v. 74 The Nature of Gavelkind Land cannot be entirely changed, nor the Custom extinguished beyond a Possibility of Revivor.

1623 T. Powell Attourneys Acad. 10 If the Complainant dye, his heyre or Executor, who hath the interest of the thing whereof he complaineth, may put in a Bill of Reuiuor against the Defendant, his heyre or executor, as the case shall require.

1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. sig. Lll/2 Bill of Revivor, Is where a Bill hath been exhibited in Chancery against one, who answers, and before the Cause is heard, or if heard, the Decree be not inrolled, and either party dies: In this case a Bill of Revivor must be brought, to the end, the former proceedings may stand Revived, and the Cause finally determined.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. 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.

1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote I. iv. ii. 203 My sister and one of my brothers dying in the mean time, and leaving children, we were forced to have Bills of Revivor (I think they call them) one after another.

1824 W. R. Sydney Treat. Jurisdict. & Mod. Pract. Appeals House of Lords ii. 112 In all cases where the son or heir of an appellant or respondent, who applies for a revivor, is an infant under the age of twenty-one years, [etc.].

1884 Law Times Rep. 51 333/2 Revivor was not allowed merely for the purpose of appealing against a decree.

1906 Southwestern Reporter 93 164/1 The new corporation intervened in the suit, and filed a petition in the nature of a revivor.

1965 Portsmouth (Ohio) Times 28 Sept. 19/6 A conditional order of revivor of the above entitled action has been made by the Common Pleas Court.

2002 R. J. Holland Delaware State Constit. Ref. Guide 153 Since scire facias was adopted.., no issue in response could be made which could not have been made under a bill of revivor, which it replaced.