EGAVE

revive

About 2.59 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To cause (a person or animal) to recover from a faint; to cause (a person or animal) to return to a state of consciousness.
    Her grandmother said that if she lost consciousness, she would not want to be revived.
  2. verb To cause (a person or animal) to recover from a faint; to cause (a person or animal) to return to a state of consciousness.
    Her grandmother said that if she lost consciousness, she would not want to be revived.
  3. verb To bring (a person or animal which is dead) back to life.
  4. verb To cause (something) to recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity; to make (something) active or lively again; to reanimate, to revitalize.
    The Manx language has been revived after dying out, and is now taught in some schools on the Isle of Man.
  5. verb To cause (something) to recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity; to make (something) active or lively again; to reanimate, to revitalize.
    The Manx language has been revived after dying out, and is now taught in some schools on the Isle of Man.
  6. verb To cause (a feeling, state of mind, etc.) to come back or return; to reactivate, to reawaken.
  7. verb To renew (something) in one's or people's memories or minds; to bring back (something) to (public) attention; to reawaken.
    The Harry Potter books and films revived the world’s interest in wizardry.
  8. verb To make (something which has become faded or unclear) clear or fresh again; to refresh.

Similar words

revivify resuscitate recreate reanimate animate come to quicken vivify resurrect revival

Often followed by

the and it a in his their him her

Word family

revivable revived reviver revivers revives reviving

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