- pronunciation:
- rih
vaIv
- features:
- Word History, Word Parts
part of speech: |
verb |
inflections: |
revives, reviving, revived |
definition 1: |
to bring back into use or popularity.
Fashion designers like to revive old styles.- synonyms:
- restore
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definition 2: |
to give new health, strength, or life to.
The rain shower revived the crops.- synonyms:
- freshen, refresh, revitalize
- similar words:
- animate, brace, recuperate
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definition 3: |
to wake up or make conscious again.
The nurse revived the patient who had fainted.- synonyms:
- rouse
- similar words:
- restore, stir up
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related words: |
cheer, comfort, fortify, raise |
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derivations: |
revivable (adj.), revivably (adv.), revivingly (adv.), reviver (n.) |
Revive comes from a Latin word that means "to live again."