revive
IPA: rɪvˈaɪv
verb
- (intransitive) To return to life; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
- (transitive) To return to life; to cause to recover life or strength; to cause to live anew, or to prevent from dying.
- (transitive, intransitive) To recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression.
- (transitive, figurative) To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate; to make lively again.
- (transitive) To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.
- (transitive) To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken.
- (intransitive) To recover its natural or metallic state (e.g. a metal)
- (transitive) To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state
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Examples of "revive" in Sentences
- The point was to revive the Holocaust.
- The Potlatch festival was revived in 1935.
- It was revived by the rise of feminism in the 1960s.
- It revived the interest of the people in the traditional arts.
- In the eighteenth century, the concept of the legion was revived.
- The ReStore will be a free source of guidance on how you can redecorate your home and revive household furnishings.
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