Category:Revive

Re*vive", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Revived; p. pr. & vb. n. Reviving.] Etym: [f. revivere, l. revivere; pref. re- re- + vivere to live. See Vivid.]

1. To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to Become reanimated or reinvigorated. Shak. 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. (old chem.)

Defn: to recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.

Revive Re*vive", v. t. Etym: [cf. F. reviver. See revive, v. i.]

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. "revive the libels born to die." Swift. The mind has a power in many cases to revive perceptions which it has Once had. Locke.

5. (old chem.)

Defn: to restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state; as, to Revive a metal after calcination.