# revive

Pronunciation: US say "ruh-VYV" /ɹəˈvaɪv/; UK say "ri-VYV" /ɹɪˈvaɪv/

## Verb

1. To cause something to recover from decline, neglect, or obscurity, making it active and lively again.
   - Simple: To bring something back to life or make it strong and active again after it has been failing.
   - _The festival helped revive a craft tradition that had nearly disappeared._
   - _Investors hoped to revive the struggling company within two years._
2. To cause a person or animal to recover from a faint and return to consciousness.
   - Simple: To help a person or animal wake up again after fainting.
   - _Paramedics worked quickly to revive the unconscious driver._
   - _A whiff of smelling salts was enough to revive the fainting actor._
3. To bring a person or animal that has died back to life.
   - Simple: To bring a dead person or animal back to life.
   - _Legends tell of saints who could revive the dead with a single touch._
   - _No medicine can revive a creature once its heart has truly stopped._
4. To renew something in people's memories or bring it back to public attention.
   - Simple: To bring something back into people's minds or public attention again.
   - _Her book aims to revive interest in long-forgotten women writers._
   - _The trial revived old questions about who was really responsible._
5. To cause a feeling, mood, or state of mind to come back or return.
   - Simple: To bring a feeling or mood back so that it returns again.
   - _The letter revived hopes that had long since faded._
   - _Seeing the old house can revive a strange sense of longing._
6. To stage a new production of a musical, play, film, or television program.
   - Simple: To put on a new production of a play, musical, or show.
   - _Producers chose to revive the wartime drama for its fiftieth anniversary._
   - _The network revived the canceled series after fans campaigned online._
7. Of a person, animal, or plant, to return to health and strength, especially after almost dying.
   - Simple: To get back health and strength again, especially after nearly dying.
   - _The seedlings revived once the rains finally returned._
   - _Many of the rescued animals revive quickly once they are warm and fed._
8. To recover from a faint and return to consciousness.
   - Simple: To wake up again after fainting or passing out.
   - _The fainting guest revived as soon as the windows were opened._
   - _Patients usually revive within moments of receiving fresh air._
9. To recover from decline, neglect, or obscurity and become active or lively again.
   - Simple: To become strong, active, or popular again after a time of decline.
   - _The local market revived once tourists returned to the area._
   - _Old traditions can revive when younger generations take an interest._
10. To come alive again after having died, said of a person or animal.
   - Simple: To come back to life after being dead.
   - _Stories claim the hero revived once the ancient curse was lifted._
   - _According to the myth, the slain god would revive each spring._
11. Of a feeling or state of mind: to come back or become active once more.
   - Simple: To come back or grow strong again, as a feeling or mood does.
   - _Public anger revived as the scandal resurfaced._
   - _Old loyalties tend to revive whenever the team plays its rival._
12. To make something that has become faded or unclear fresh or clear again; to refresh.
   - Simple: To make something faded or unclear become fresh and clear again.
   - _The coach revived the players' confidence with a short speech._
   - _A strong cup of coffee will revive your focus during a long shift._
13. Of a play, musical, film, or television program: to be put on again in a new production.
   - Simple: When a play, show, or film is staged or made again as a new production.
   - _The 1950s comedy revived to packed houses across the country._
   - _Beloved dramas tend to revive whenever a new generation discovers them._
14. To bring a law or legal instrument back into force, giving it renewed validity.
   - Simple: To make a law or legal rule work again by putting it back into force.
   - _Parliament revived the expired statute to address the crisis._
   - _The legislature can revive a repealed provision through a new act._
16. In early chemistry, to recover a metal, especially mercury, or another substance from a compound or mixture in its pure form.
   - Simple: To return a metal in a mixture back to its pure form.
   - _By roasting the cinnabar, the chemist revived the mercury locked inside it._
   - _Early metallurgists could revive certain metals from their oxides with charcoal._

## Verb

15. Of a law or legal instrument: to become valid and enforceable again. *(rare)*
   - Simple: When a law or rule is made to work again after it stopped.
   - _The repealed measure revived after the courts overturned its replacement._
   - _Lapsed regulations sometimes revive when emergency powers expire._
17. To come out of a compound or mixture in a pure, unmixed state, said of a metal, especially mercury, or another substance. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: When a metal in a mixture goes back to its pure form on its own.
   - _As the furnace grew hotter, the silver gradually revived from the slag._
   - _Certain metals would revive when the binding sulfur was driven off._
18. To restore someone's health or strength. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To bring someone back to good health and strength.
   - _The nurse's careful tending revived the fevered child within days._
   - _A few weeks in the country would revive even the most exhausted clerk._
19. To hold an election over again; to rerun it. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To hold an election over again.
   - _After the ballots were lost, the magistrate ordered the town to revive the election._
   - _The council revived the contested poll the following month._

## Noun

20. An act of reviving, or the state of being revived. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A bringing back to life or use, or the state of being brought back.
   - _The season brought a welcome revive of trade in the harbor town._
   - _Critics spoke of a revive in the poet's fortunes after years of neglect._

## Origin

The verb comes from Late Middle English reviven ("to recover from illness, regain consciousness, or return to life"), via Anglo-Norman and Old French revivre ("to return to life; to renew"), and directly from Latin revīvere, from revīvō "to live again." This is formed from re- ("again") plus vīvō ("to be alive, to live"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- ("to live"). The noun is derived from the verb.

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