Revive — Defs

01 v. i. To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.

imp. & p. p. Revived; p. pr. & vb. n. Reviving

1.
To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
“The Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into again, and he revived.” — 1 Kings xvii. 22.
2.
Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century.
3.
To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.(Old Chem.)

02 v. t. To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.

1.
To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.
“Those bodies, by reason of whose mortality we died, shall be revived.” — Bp. Pearson.
2.
To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.
“Those gracious words revive my drooping thoughts.” — Shak.

“Your coming, friends, revives me.” — Milton.
3.
Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning.
4.
To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken.
“The mind has a power in many cases to revive perceptions which it has once had.” — Locke.
5.
To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state; as, to revive a metal after calcination.(Old Chem.)