revive

CEFRC1

/ɹɪˈvaɪ̯v/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To bring back to life, health, activity, or popularity.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To bring (a person or animal which is dead) back to life.

Examples

  • That will help revive a fashion of the past.

  • The rain will revive this tree.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ɹiˈvaɪv/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To cause (something) to recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity; to make (something) active or lively again; to reanimate, to revitalize.

  2. To cause (a person or animal) to recover from a faint; to cause (a person or animal) to return to a state of consciousness.

  3. To cause (a feeling, state of mind, etc.) to come back or return; to reactivate, to reawaken.

More examples

In context

  • Her grandmother said that if she lost consciousness, she would not want to be revived.

  • The dying puppy was revived by a soft hand.

  • Near-synonym: rescue

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Origin

verb

The verb is derived from Late Middle English reviven, revyven (“to recover from illness; to regain consciousness; to return to life after death; to happen again, recur; to be rejuvenated, renewed; (figurative) to bring back; (alchemy) of a metal: to be restored to its original form”), from Anglo-Norman reviver, revivre (“to return to life after death; to rejuvenate, renew; to make (a law or legal document) valid again”), Middle French revivre, and Old French revivre (“to return to life after death; to rejuvenate, renew”) (modern French revivre), and directly from their etymon Latin revīvere, the present active infinitive of revīvō (“to live again”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + vīvō...