revive

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verb

1. To cause to come back to life or consciousness: bring around (or round), restore, resuscitate, revivify. See live/die.
2. To rouse from a state of inactivity or quiescence: reactivate, reanimate, reawaken, rekindle, renew, resurrect, resuscitate, revitalize, revivify. See awareness/unawareness.
3. To bring back into existence or use: reestablish, reinstate, reintroduce, renew, restore, return. See increase/decrease, keep/release.
4. To renew an image or thought in the mind: bethink, mind, recall, recollect, remember, reminisce, retain, think. Idioms: bring to mind. See remember/forget.

v

Definition: start again; bring back to life
Antonyms: abolish, destroy, kill, suppress

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

To renew.

For example, revival is the act of renewing the legal force of a contract or debt, either by acknowledging it or by giving a new promise, when the contract or debt is no longer a sufficient foundation for a lawsuit because it is barred by the running of the statute of limitations.

IN BRIEF: To bring or come back to life or consciousness. Also: To update or bring back.

Some food and water will revive them after the hike on the hot day.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - genoplive, bringe til bevidsthed, give nyt liv, genopfriske
v. intr. - genoplives, komme til bevidsthed

Nederlands (Dutch)
weer tot leven komen/ brengen

Français (French)
v. tr. - (gén) remonter, réanimer, faire reprendre, (fig) raviver, remettre (qch) à l'ordre du jour, remettre en vigueur, relancer, remettre (qch) à la mode, revigorer (une économie), faire revivre (une langue), (Théât) reprendre (une pièce)
v. intr. - reprendre connaissance, retrouver leur fraîcheur (des fleurs), renaître (l'espoir), reprendre (l'économie)

Deutsch (German)
v. - sich wieder beleben, wiederbeleben

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ανασταίνω, κάνω να συνέλθει, αναζωογονώ/-ούμαι, ξαναζωντανεύω (κν. συνεφέρνω), αναζωπυρώνω/-ούμαι, αναβιώνω, συνέρχομαι

Italiano (Italian)
ravvivare, rivivere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - reviver

Русский (Russian)
прийти в чувство, оживиться, вновь приводить в силу

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - reanimar, revivificar, reavivar, despertar, excitar, hacer revivir, restablecer, resucitar
v. intr. - reanimarse, volver en sí, resurgir, revivir, renacer

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - återuppliva, ge nytt liv åt, ha nypremiär

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使苏醒, 使振奋, 使复兴, 苏醒, 复兴, 复活

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使甦醒, 使振奮, 使復興
v. intr. - 甦醒, 復興, 復活

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 소생하게 하다, 되살아나게 하다, 재상연하다
v. intr. - 소생하다 , 부활하다, 환원하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 生き返る, 生き返らせる, 回復する, 回復させる, 復活する, 復活させる, 再びはやる, 再上演する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعود إلى الوعي أو الحياة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮השיב לחיים, חידש‬
v. intr. - ‮קם לתחייה, התאושש, התחדש, התעורר‬

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