revive
(verb)
verb
1. cause to regain consciousness
- The doctors revived the comatose man
Similar word(s): resuscitate
Definition categories: body
2. give new life or energy to
- A hot soup will revive me
Similar word(s): animate, quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revivify, vivify
Definition categories: body, arouse, brace, energise, energize, stimulate
3. be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength
- Interest in ESP revived
Definition categories: change, boom, expand, flourish, thrive
4. restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state
- He revived this style of opera
Similar word(s): resurrect
Definition categories: change, regenerate, rejuvenate, restore
5. return to consciousness
- She revived after the doctor gave her an injection
Similar word(s): resuscitate
Definition categories: body, turn
Sentences with revive as a verb:
- The Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into again, and he revived. 1 Kings xvii. 22.The dying puppy was revived by a soft hand.
- Her grandmother refused to be revived if she lost consciousness
- In recent years, The Manx language has been revived after dying out and is now taught in some schools on the Isle of Man.
- Hopefully this new paint job should revive the surgery waiting room
- The Harry Potter films revived the world's interest in wizardry
- revive a metal after calcination.