revive

(rĭ-vīv')

v., -vived, -viv·ing, -vives.

v.tr.

1. To bring back to life or consciousness; resuscitate.
2. To impart new health, vigor, or spirit to.
3. To restore to use, currency, activity, or notice.
4. To restore the validity or effectiveness of.
5. To renew in the mind; recall.
6. To present (an old play, for example) again.

v.intr.

1. To return to life or consciousness.
2. To regain health, vigor, or good spirits.
3. To return to use, currency, or notice.
4. To return to validity, effectiveness, or operative condition.

[Middle English reviven, from Old French revivre, from Latin revīvere, to live again : re-, re- + vīvere, to live.]

revivable re·viv'a·ble adj.
reviver re·viv'er n.

SYNONYMS   revive, restore, resuscitate, revivify. These verbs mean to give renewed well-being, vitality, or strength to: rains that revive lawns; an invalid restored by fresh air; resuscitating old hopes; a celebration that revivified our spirits.

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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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