Word: revive Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 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. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈvaɪ̯v/, [ɹʷɪˈvaɪ̯v], /ɹiˈvaɪv/, [ɹʷɪi̯ˈvaɪv], /ɹəˈvaɪ̯v/ 1. To cause (a person or animal) to recover from a faint; to cause (a person or animal) to return to a state of consciousness. Labels: transitive Example: Near-synonym: rescue Example: Her grandmother said that if she lost consciousness, she would not want to be revived. 2. To bring (a person or animal which is dead) back to life. Labels: transitive Example: 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. Example: [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: […] 3. 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. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The Manx language has been revived after dying out, and is now taught in some schools on the Isle of Man. Example: This new paint job should revive the surgery waiting room. 4. To cause (a feeling, state of mind, etc.) to come back or return; to reactivate, to reawaken. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Partriche. Of all foules is moſte ſooneſt digeſted: and hath in hym moche nutriment, comforteth the brayne, and maketh ſede of generation,. and reuiueth luſte, whiche is abated. Example: So did ſhe all, that might his conſtant hart / VVithdravv from thought of vvarlike enterprize, / And drovvne in diſſolute delights apart, / VVhere noiſe of armes, or vevv of martiall guize / Might not reuiue deſire of knightly exercize. 5. To renew (something) in one's or people's memories or minds; to bring back (something) to (public) attention; to reawaken. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The Harry Potter books and films revived the world’s interest in wizardry. Example: [T]he reſidue that was therto knytte and adioyned⸝ and late ſemed for the tyme ded or bireft from the mynde⸝ is reuiued and (as it were) retourned home agayne⸝ it is thã [than, i.e., then] had for redemed or reſtored⸝ and is properly called remembraunce. 6. To make (something which has become faded or unclear) clear or fresh again; to refresh. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: It was very odd; his clothes were a fine, deep, glossy, black, and yet they looked like the same suit; nay, there were the very darns, with which old acquaintance had made us familiar. […] The truth flashed suddenly upon us—they had been "revived." 'Tis a deceitful liquid that black and blue reviver; we have watched its effects on many a shabby-genteel man. […] [T]he transient dignity of the unhappy man decreased in exact proportion as the "reviver" wore off. Example: […] I applied to the Council of the Academy, […] for liberty to apply a proper preparation to the part of the vellum which appeared blank before the name O'Donnell, and between it and the margin of the page. The academy complied with my request. I took the necessary means of reviving the ink, and in a little time I was rewarded by the plain and clear reappearance of what had not been before dreamt of. There, surely enough, were the name and the title of "Bonaventura O'Donnell", with the words added, "Jubilate Lector". 7. To restore (a metal (especially mercury) or other substance in a compound or mixture) to its pure or unmixed state. Labels: figuratively, historical, transitive Example: to revive a metal after calcination Example: Take of crude Mercury diſtilled in a retort vvith Bay ſalt, or revived vvith common Cinnabarum, one part, Aqua fortis (of tvvo parts of Vitriol calcined and one part of ſalt Peter) tvvo parts, diſſolve them in a phial over vvarm aſhes, […] 8. To give new validity to (a law or legal instrument); to reenact, to revalidate. Labels: figuratively, historical, transitive Example: [Y]et by his moſte excellent witte⸝ he in a few yeres⸝ nat only broughte this realme in good ordre and vnder due obedience⸝ reuiued the lawes⸝ auanced Juſtice⸝ refurniſſhed his dominions⸝ and repayred his manours: […] Example: [S]uche Lawes made by hym, as kyng Henry the ſixt, had cauſed to be abrogated and adnichilated, he again reuiued and renouated. 9. To put on a new production of (a musical, play, or other stage performance; also, a film or television programme). Labels: also, figuratively, transitive Example: A Prologue to the Play of Queene Elizabeth [I] as it vvas laſt revived at the Cock-pit, in vvhich the Author taxeth the moſt corrupted copy novv imprinted, vvhich vvas publiſhed vvithout his conſent. 10. To bring (someone) back to a state of health or vigour. Labels: figuratively, obsolete, rare, transitive Example: What helpes reuiue, / the thriuing, to thriue. / Plough fence and ſtore, / aught elſe before. Example: Doubtless, thou [Jesus] hadst herein no small respect to the faith of Jairus, unto whose house thou wert going. That good man had but one only daughter, which lay sick in the beginning of his suit; ere the end, lay dead. […] To make this good, by the touch of the verge of thy garment thou revivedst one from the verge of death. 11. To rerun (an election). Labels: figuratively, obsolete, rare, transitive 12. To recover from a faint; to return to a state of consciousness. Labels: intransitive Example: He is in ſuche a ſwounde [swoon] yͭ I wene he wyll neuer reuyue againe […] Example: But God claue an hollow place that was in the iawe, and there came water thereout, ⁊ when he [Samson] had drunke, his ſpirit came againe, and he reuiued: […] 13. Of a dead person or animal: to be brought back to life. Labels: intransitive Example: For Chriſt therfore dyed and roſe agayne⸝ ãd [and] revived⸝ that he ſhuld be lorde both of deed and quicke. Example: Perdye, then is it fitt for me (ſaid he) / That am, I vveene, moſt vvretched man aliue, / Burning in flames, yet no flames can I ſee, / And dying dayly, dayly yet reuiue: […] 14. Of a person, animal, or plant: to return to a state of health or vigour, especially after almost dying. Labels: intransitive Example: I Quycken I reuyue as a thyng dothe that fyrſt doth begyn to ſtyrre or yͭ was wyddered or almoſte deed and retourneth to lyfe againe⸝ […] Example: They that dwell vnder his ſhadow ſhall returne: they ſhall reuiue as the corne, ⁊ grow as the vine, the ſent thereof ſhalbe as the wine of Lebanon. 15. To recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity; to become active or lively again; to reanimate, to revitalize. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: Classical learning revived in the 15th century. Example: He ſees her comming, and begins to glovv: / Euen as a dying coale reuiues vvith vvinde, […] 16. Of a feeling, state of mind, etc.: to come back or return; to be reactivated or reawakened. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: [W]hẽ [when] he ſaw the lord de la vale his hert reuyued and thought there was ſome tretye in hande. Example: I once lived without out lawe: butt when the commaundement cam⸝ ſynne revived⸝ ãd [and] I was deed. 17. Of a metal (especially mercury) or other substance in a compound or mixture: to return to its pure or unmixed state. Labels: figuratively, intransitive, obsolete, rare 18. Of a law or legal instrument: to be given new validity. Labels: figuratively, historical, intransitive, uncommon 19. Of a musical, play, or other stage performance; also, a film or television programme: to have a new production put on. Labels: also, figuratively, intransitive Example: It is not now doubted but plays will revive, and take their usual place in the opinion of persons of wit and merit, notwithstanding their late apostacy^([sic – meaning apostasy]) in favour of dress and sound.