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