revive

1. (transitive)Examples: "Near-synonym: rescue"; "Her grandmother said that if she lost consciousness, she would not want to be revived."; "The dying puppy was revived by a soft hand."transitive

2. (transitive)Examples: "And in her cheekes the vermeill red did ſhevv / Like roſes in a bed of lilies ſhed, / The vvhich ambroſiall odours from them threvv, / And gazers ſence vvith double pleaſure fed, / Hable to heale the ſicke, and to reuiue the ded."; "[T]he King is vveary / Of daintie and ſuch picking greeuances, / For he hath found, to end one doubt by death, / Reuiues tvvo greater in the heires of life: […]"; "I remember not in Scripture that God ever revived a brute Beaſt; partly, becauſe ſuch mean ſubjects are beneath the Majeſty of a Miracle; and partly, becauſe (as the Apoſtle ſaith) brute Beaſts are made to be taken & deſtroyed."Synonyms: reanimate, resurrecttransitive

3. (transitive)Examples: "The Manx language has been revived after dying out, and is now taught in some schools on the Isle of Man."; "This new paint job should revive the surgery waiting room."; "Reuiued with a glimſe of grace old ſorowes to let fal, / The hidden traines I know and ſecret ſnares of loue: […]"Synonyms: reestablish, refresh, reinvigorate, renew, revivifyfigurativelytransitive

4. (transitive)Examples: "Thus vvhen this Courtly Gentleman vvith toyle / Himſelfe hath vvearied, he doth recoyle / Vnto his reſt, and there vvith ſvveete delight / Of Muſicks skill reuiues his toyled ſpright, […]"; "[T]he Lavv, inſtead of cleanſing the heart (by its vvorking) from ſin, doth revive [Romans 7:6], put ſtrength into [1 Corinthians 15:56], and increaſe it in the ſoul [Romans 5:20], even as it doth diſcover and forbid it, for it doth not give povver to ſubdue."; "VVhat firſt Æneas in this place beheld, / Reviv'd his Courage, and his Fear expel'd."figurativelytransitive

5. (transitive)Examples: "The Harry Potter books and films revived the world’s interest in wizardry."; "These sounds were, from time to time, heard by the servants, and revived in full force the memory of the old ghost legend."Synonyms: rekindle, resurrectfigurativelytransitive

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