revive /ri-vīvˈ/

To bring back or come back to life, vigour, being, activity, consciousness, memory, good spirits, freshness, vogue, notice, currency, use, the stage, or natural metallic form

revīvabilˈity noun

revīˈvable adjective

revīˈvably adverb

revīˈval noun

1. The act or fact of reviving
2. The state of being revived
3. Recovery from languor, neglect, depression, etc
4. Renewed performance, a restaged production, of a play, etc
5. Renewed interest or attention
6. A time of extraordinary religious awakening or sometimes worked-up excitement
7. A series of meetings to encourage this
8. Quickening
9. Renewal
10. Awakening

revīˈvalism noun

revīˈvalist noun

1. A person who promotes religious, architectural or other revival
2. An itinerant preacher

revivalistˈic adjective

reviveˈment noun (rare)

revīˈver noun

1. Someone or something that revives
2. A renovating preparation
3. A stimulant (slang)

revīˈving noun and adjective

revīˈvingly adverb

revīˈvor noun (law; obsolete)

The revival of a suit which was abated by the death of a party or other cause

Gothic Revival

The reintroduction of Gothic style architecture in (and before) the 19c

Revival of Learning

The Renaissance

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