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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024re•vive /rɪˈvaɪv/USA pronunciation v., -vived, -viv•ing. - to (cause to) be brought back or taken up again;
(cause to) be renewed: [~ + object]Don't revive those old prejudices.[no object]Her interest in playing the trumpet revived. - Medicineto restore to life or consciousness: [~ + object]The paramedics worked to revive the drowning victim.[no object]Somehow she revived after a few minutes.
- [~ + object] to put on or show (an old play, etc.) again.
See -viv-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re•vive (ri vīv′),USA pronunciation v., -vived, -viv•ing. v.t. - to activate, set in motion, or take up again;
renew:to revive old feuds. - Medicineto restore to life or consciousness:We revived him with artificial respiration.
- to put on or show (an old play or motion picture) again.
- to make operative or valid again.
- to bring back into notice, use, or currency:to revive a subject of discussion.
- to quicken or renew in the mind;
bring back:to revive memories. - to reanimate or cheer (the spirit, heart, etc., or a person).
- Chemistryto restore or reduce to the natural or uncombined state, as a metal.
v.i. - Medicineto return to life, consciousness, vigor, strength, or a flourishing condition.
- to recover from financial depression.
- to be quickened, restored, or renewed, as hope, confidence, suspicions, or memories.
- to return to notice, use, or currency, as a subject, practice, or doctrine.
- to become operative or valid again.
- Chemistryto recover the natural or uncombined state, as a metal.
- Latin revīvere to live again, equivalent. to re- re- + vīvere to live, be alive; compare vital
- late Middle English reviven 1375–1425
re•viv′a•ble, adj. re•viv′a•bil′i•ty, n. re•viv′a•bly, adv. re•viv′er, n. re•viv′ing•ly, adv. - 1, 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged reactivate.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged revitalize, reanimate, resuscitate.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rouse, refresh.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged kill.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: revive /rɪˈvaɪv/ vb - to bring or be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength; resuscitate or be resuscitated: revived by a drop of whisky
- to give or assume new vitality; flourish again or cause to flourish again
- to make or become operative or active again: the youth movement was revived
- to bring or come back to mind
- (transitive) to mount a new production of (an old play)
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French revivre to live again, from Latin revīvere, from re- + vīvere to live; see vividreˌvivaˈbility n reˈviver n reˈviving adj |