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revive

re·vive

UK/ɹɪˈvaɪ̯v/ US/ɹʷɪˈvaɪ̯v/ fairly common

verb

1.

cause to regain consciousness

  • “The doctors revived the comatose man”
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2.

give new life or energy to

  • “A hot soup will revive me”
  • “This will renovate my spirits”
  • “This treatment repaired my health”
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3.

be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength

  • “Interest in ESP revived”
4.

restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state

  • “He revived this style of opera”
  • “He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina”
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5.

return to consciousness

  • “The patient came to quickly”
  • “She revived after the doctor gave her an injection”
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Origin

The verb is derived from Late Middle English reviven, revyven (“to recover from illness; to regain consciousness; to return to life after death; to happen again, recur; to be rejuvenated, renewed; (figurative) to bring back; (alchemy) of a metal: to be restored to its original form”), from Anglo-Norman reviver, revivre (“to return to life after death; to rejuvenate, renew; to make (a law or legal document) valid again”), Middle French revivre, and Old French revivre (“to return to life after death; to rejuvenate, renew”) (modern French revivre), and directly from their etymon Latin revīvere, the present active infinitive of revīvō (“to live again”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + vīvō (“to be alive, survive; to live”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”)). The noun is derived from the verb.

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