revive

Definitions

1. 1intransitive verb

   To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.

2. 2intransitive verb

   Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century.

3. 3intransitive verb

   To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.

4. 4intransitive verb

   To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.

5. 5intransitive verb

   To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.

6. 6intransitive verb

   Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning.

7. 7intransitive verb

   To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken.

8. 8intransitive verb

   To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state; as, to revive a metal after calcination.

9. 9verb

   return to consciousness

   "The patient came to quickly"

   "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection"

   Synonyms

   resuscitate
10. 10verb

    give new life or energy to

    "A hot soup will revive me"

    "This will renovate my spirits"

    Synonyms

    animatequickenreanimaterecreaterenovaterepairrevivifyvivify
11. 11verb

    cause to regain consciousness

    "The doctors revived the comatose man"

    Synonyms

    resuscitate
12. 12verb

    restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state

    "He revived this style of opera"

    "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina"

    Synonyms

    resurrect
13. 13verb

    be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength

    "Interest in ESP revived"