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

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

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