revive

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to recover from a faint; to cause (a person or animal) to return to a state of consciousness.
2. (transitive) To bring (a person or animal which is dead) back to life.
3. (figuratively, transitive) 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.
4. (figuratively, transitive) To cause (a feeling, state of mind, etc.) to come back or return; to reactivate, to reawaken.
5. (figuratively, transitive) To renew (something) in one's or people's memories or minds; to bring back (something) to (public) attention; to reawaken.
6. (figuratively, transitive) To make (something which has become faded or unclear) clear or fresh again; to refresh.
7. (figuratively, historical, transitive) To restore (a metal (especially mercury) or other substance in a compound or mixture) to its pure or unmixed state.
8. (figuratively, historical, transitive) To give new validity to (a law or legal instrument); to reenact, to revalidate.
9. (also, figuratively, transitive) To put on a new production of (a musical, play, or other stage performance; also, a film or television programme).
10. (figuratively, obsolete, rare, transitive) To bring (someone) back to a state of health or vigour.
11. (figuratively, obsolete, rare, transitive) To rerun (an election).
12. (intransitive) To recover from a faint; to return to a state of consciousness.
13. (intransitive) Of a dead person or animal: to be brought back to life.
14. (intransitive) Of a person, animal, or plant: to return to a state of health or vigour, especially after almost dying.
15. (figuratively, intransitive) To recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity; to become active or lively again; to reanimate, to revitalize.
16. (figuratively, intransitive) Of a feeling, state of mind, etc.: to come back or return; to be reactivated or reawakened.
17. (figuratively, intransitive, obsolete, rare) Of a metal (especially mercury) or other substance in a compound or mixture: to return to its pure or unmixed state.
18. (figuratively, historical, intransitive, uncommon) Of a law or legal instrument: to be given new validity.
19. (also, figuratively, intransitive) Of a musical, play, or other stage performance; also, a film or television programme: to have a new production put on.

Noun

Synonym of revival (“an act of reviving, or a state of being revived (in various senses)”).

Synonyms

resuscitate

resurrect

recover

refresh

renew

restore

enliven

reactivate

revitalize

animate

revivify

vivify

bring back to life

regenerate

return to life

invigorate

come to life

reanimate

quicken

regain

bring back

come to

raise from the dead

recuperate

revitalise

save

rise from the dead

retrieve

awaken

renovate

heal

rehabilitate

regain consciousness

wake up

be refreshed

stimulate

strengthen

cure

arouse

survive

revival

rouse

repair

reinvigorate

rejuvenate

reintroduce

resume

get over

recreate

rally

Translations

ressusciter

revivir

réanimer

wiederbeleben

revivre

resucitar

rianimare

ranimer

reviver

αναζωογονώ

raviver

reavivar

reviure

herleven

recipero

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈvaɪv/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: reviven

In summary

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.