Associations to the word «Revive»

Wiktionary

REVIVE, verb. (transitive) To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
REVIVE, verb. (transitive) To recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century.
REVIVE, verb. (transitive) To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.
REVIVE, verb. (transitive) To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.
REVIVE, verb. (transitive) Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning.
REVIVE, verb. To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken.
REVIVE, verb. (intransitive) To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.
REVIVE, verb. (transitive) To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state

Dictionary definition

REVIVE, verb. Cause to regain consciousness; "The doctors revived the comatose man".
REVIVE, verb. Give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health".
REVIVE, verb. Be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength; "Interest in ESP revived".
REVIVE, verb. Restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state; "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina".
REVIVE, verb. Return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection".

Wise words

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe