Revive

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: re=vive

CIDE DICTIONARY

Revive, v. i. [F. revivere, L. revivere; pref. re- re- + vivere to live. See Vivid.].

•  To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

  "The Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into again, and he revived."  [1913 Webster]
•  Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century.  [1913 Webster]
•  To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.  [1913 Webster]

Revive, v. t. [Cf. F. reviver. See Revive, v. i.].

•  To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.  [1913 Webster]

  "Those bodies, by reason of whose mortality we died, shall be revived."  [1913 Webster]
•  To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.  [1913 Webster]

  "Those gracious words revive my drooping thoughts."  [1913 Webster]

  "Your coming, friends, revives me."  [1913 Webster]
•  Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning.  [1913 Webster]
•  To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken.  Swift.  [1913 Webster]

  "The mind has a power in many cases to revive perceptions which it has once had."  [1913 Webster]
•  To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state; as, to revive a metal after calcination.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Revive, v.intr. & tr.
1 come or bring back to consciousness or life or strength.
2 come or bring back to existence, use, notice, etc.

Derivative

revivable adj.

Etymology

ME f. OF revivre or LL revivere (as RE-, L vivere live)

THESAURUS

Revive

abet, accommodate, activate, adapt, adjust, aid, alter, ameliorate, animate, arouse, assist, avail, awake, awaken, bail out, be begotten, be born, be changed, be converted into, be incarnated, be renewed, bear a hand, befriend, benefit, better, bottom out, bounce back, brace, brace up, break, break up, breathe life into, brighten up, bring around, bring back, bring to, bring to mind, brisk, brisken, brush up, buck up, call back, call to mind, call up, change, checker, cheer, cheer up, chirk up, chop, chop and change, come about, come again, come alive, come around, come back, come into being, come into existence, come round, come to, come to life, come up smiling, comfort, conjure up, convert, copy, deform, degenerate, denature, deteriorate, deviate, ditto, diverge, diversify, do a repeat, do again, do good, do over, doctor, double, duplicate, ease, echo, energize, enliven, evoke, exhilarate, favor, fillip, fit, fix, flop, fortify, fresh up, freshen, freshen up, furbish, furbish up, gain, galvanize, get about, get back, get over, get well, give a boost, give a hand, give a lift, give help, go back, go back over, hark back, haul around, help, imitate, improve, infuse life into, invigorate, jazz up, jibe, lend a hand, lend one aid, light up, live again, look back, make a comeback, make over, meliorate, mind, mitigate, modify, modulate, mutate, overthrow, parrot, perk up, pick up, pique, plagiarize, polish, polish up, proffer aid, protect, provoke, pull round, pull through, qualify, quicken, quote, rally, ransom, re-create, re-form, reactivate, realign, reanimate, rebuild, recall, recall to life, recall to mind, recapture, recharge, reclaim, recollect, reconstitute, reconstruct, recoup, recover, recreate, recruit, recuperate, redeem, redesign, redo, redouble, reduplicate, reecho, reestablish, reevoke, refashion, refit, reflect, reform, refound, refresh, refreshen, regain, regale, regenerate, regurgitate, reheat the ashes, reincarnate, reinspire, reinstate, reinstitute, reinvigorate, reissue, rejuvenate, rekindle, relieve, relight, remake, remedy, remember, render assistance, renew, renovate, reoccupy, reopen, reorganize, repair, repeat, replevin, replevy, repossess, reprint, reproduce, rescue, reshape, restore, restructure, resume, resurge, resurrect, resuscitate, retake, retouch, retrace, retrieve, retrospect, return to life, revamp, review, review in retrospect, revindicate, revise, revitalize, revivify, rewarm, ring the changes, rise again, rub up, save, say again, see in retrospect, see the light, set up, sharpen, shift, shift the scene, shine, shuffle the cards, spruce, spruce up, stimulate, stir the embers, subvert, succor, summon up, survive, swerve, tack, take a turn, take back, take heart, take in tow, think back, think of, tone up, touch up, turn, turn aside, turn into, turn the corner, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn the tide, turn upside down, undergo a change, use hindsight, vamp, vamp up, vary, veer, vitalize, vivify, wake up, waken, warm over, warm up, warp, weather the storm, whet, work a change, worsen

ROGET THESAURUS

Revive

Restoration

VB return to the original state, recover, rally, revive, come come to, come round, come to oneself, pull through, weather the storm, be oneself again, get well, get round, get the better of, get over, get about, rise from one's ashes, rise from the grave, survive, resume, reappear, come to, come to life again, live again, rise again, heal, skin over, cicatrize, right itself, restore, put back, place in statu quo, reinstate, replace, reseat, rehabilitate, reestablish, reestate, reinstall, reconstruct, rebuild, reorganize, reconstitute, reconvert, renew, renovate, regenerate, rejuvenate, redeem, reclaim, recover, retrieve, rescue, redress, recure, cure, heal, remedy, doctor, physic, medicate, break of, bring round, set on one's legs, resuscitate, revive, reanimate, revivify, recall to life, reproduce, warm up, reinvigorate, refresh, make whole, redintegrate, recoup, make good, make all square, rectify, correct, put right, put to rights, set right, set to rights, set straight, set up, put in order, refit, recruit, fill up, fill up the ranks, reinforce, repair, put in repair, remanufacture, put in thorough repair, put in complete repair, retouch, refashion, botch, vamp, tinker, cobble, do up, patch up, touch up, plaster up, vamp up, darn, finedraw, heelpiece, stop a gap, stanch, staunch, caulk, calk, careen, splice, bind up wounds, return to the original state, recover, rally, revive, come come to, come round, come to oneself, pull through, weather the storm, be oneself again, get well, get round, get the better of, get over, get about, rise from one's ashes, rise from the grave, survive, resume, reappear, come to, come to life again, live again, rise again, heal, skin over, cicatrize, right itself, restore, put back, place in statu quo, reinstate, replace, reseat, rehabilitate, reestablish, reestate, reinstall, reconstruct, rebuild, reorganize, reconstitute, reconvert, renew, renovate, regenerate, rejuvenate, redeem, reclaim, recover, retrieve, rescue, redress, recure, cure, heal, remedy, doctor, physic, medicate, break of, bring round, set on one's legs, resuscitate, revive, reanimate, revivify, recall to life, reproduce, warm up, reinvigorate, refresh, make whole, redintegrate, recoup, make good, make all square, rectify, correct, put right, put to rights, set right, set to rights, set straight, set up, put in order, refit, recruit, fill up, fill up the ranks, reinforce, repair, put in repair, remanufacture, put in thorough repair, put in complete repair, retouch, refashion, botch, vamp, tinker, cobble, do up, patch up, touch up, plaster up, vamp up, darn, finedraw, heelpiece, stop a gap, stanch, staunch, caulk, calk, careen, splice, bind up wounds.

Reproduction

VB reproduce, restore, revive, renovate, renew, regenerate, revivify, resuscitate, reanimate, remake, refashion, stir the embers, put into the crucible, multiply, repeat, resurge, crop up, spring up like mushrooms.

Excitation

VB excite, affect, touch, move, impress, strike, interest, animate, inspire, impassion, smite, infect, stir the blood, fire the blood, warm the blood, set astir, wake, awake, awaken, call forth, evoke, provoke, raise up, summon up, call up, wake up, blow up, get up, light up, raise, get up the steam, rouse, arouse, stir, fire, kindle, enkindle, apply the torch, set on fire, inflame, stimulate, exsuscitate, inspirit, spirit up, stir up, work up, pique, infuse life into, give new life to, bring new blood, introduce new blood, quicken, sharpen, whet, work upon, hurry on, give a fillip, put on one's mettle, fan the fire, fan the flame, blow the coals, stir the embers, fan into a flame, foster, heat, warm, foment, raise to a fever heat, keep up, keep the pot boiling, revive, rekindle, rake up, rip up, stir the feelings, play on the feelings, come home to the feelings, touch a string, touch a chord, touch the soul, touch the heart, go to one's heart, penetrate, pierce, go through one, touch to the quick, possess the soul, pervade the soul, penetrate the soul, imbrue the soul, absorb the soul, affect the soul, disturb the soul, absorb, rivet the attention, sink into the mind, sink into the heart, prey on the mind, distract, intoxicate, overwhelm, overpower, bouleverser, upset, turn one's head, fascinate, enrapture, agitate, perturb, ruffle, fluster, shake, disturb, startle, shock, stagger, give one a shock, give one a turn, strike all of a heap, stun, astound, electrify, galvanize, petrify, irritate, sting, cut to the heart, cut to the quick, try one's temper, fool to the top of one's bent, pique, infuriate, madden, make one's blood boil, lash into fury, be excited, flush up, flare up, catch the infection, thrill, mantle, work oneself up, seethe, boil, simmer, foam, fume, flame, rage, rave, run mad.

Life

VB be alive, live, breathe, respire, subsist, walk the earth, strut and fret one's hour upon the stage, be spared, see the light, be born, come into the world, fetch breath, draw breath, fetch the breath of life, draw the breath of life, quicken, revive, come to life, give birth to, bring to life, put into life, vitalize, vivify, vivificate, reanimate, keep alive, keep body and soul together, keep the wolf from the door, support life, hive nine lives like a cat.