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re·vive

revive

 
 
pronunciation:
rih vaIv
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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
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
definition 3: to wake up or make conscious again.
The nurse revived the patient who had fainted.
synonyms:
rouse
similar words:
restore, stir up
derivations: revivable (adj.), revivably (adv.), revivingly (adv.), reviver (n.)
Word History
Revive comes from a Latin word that means "to live again."
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