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- pronunciation:
- rih
vaIv
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word History, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
revives, reviving, revived |
| definition 1: |
to update or bring back into use.
Now that they have children of their own, they want to revive some of the old family traditions.Many of the styles of past decades have been revived.- synonyms:
- reactivate, reinstate, restore
- similar words:
- resurrect
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| definition 2: |
to infuse with new health, vigor, or vitality.
The much-needed rain revived the crops.- synonyms:
- freshen, reanimate, refresh, rejuvenate, renew, restore, revitalize
- antonyms:
- flag
- similar words:
- animate, brace, quicken, rally, recharge, recuperate, revivify
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| definition 3: |
to restore (a person or animal) to consciousness.
The nurse was able to revive the patient who had fainted.- synonyms:
- bring around, resuscitate, rouse
- similar words:
- rally, restore, resurrect, revivify, stir up
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| definition 4: |
to renew mentally.
Her clear description revived my memory of him.- synonyms:
- refresh
- similar words:
- conjure, evoke, reawaken, recall, rouse, stir, summon
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| definition 5: |
to present a modern version of (a theatrical work).
The playwright's early works were revived fifty years after his death.- synonyms:
- re-present
- similar words:
- redo, reproduce, resurrect
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| related words: |
cheer, comfort, enliven, fortify, raise, recover, rehabilitate, rejuvenate |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to return to health, vigor, or a happy condition.
Our spirits revived when we learned our mother would recover from the illness.Years later, the village that had suffered so much during the war was able to revive.With excellent and caring treatment, the patient revived.- synonyms:
- freshen, recover, recuperate, refresh
- similar words:
- quicken
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| definition 2: |
to come back to consciousness.
Several hours after the accident, the victim revived.- synonyms:
- come around, come to, rouse, wake, waken
- similar words:
- come round
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| definition 3: |
to become valid or workable again.
- synonyms:
- resume
- similar words:
- recharge, renew
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| definition 4: |
to come back into use.
- antonyms:
- abate
- similar words:
- recur, resurface, return
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| related words: |
awake, awaken, cheer, rouse |
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| derivations: |
revivable (adj.), revivably (adv.), revivingly (adv.), reviver (n.) |
Revive comes from a Latin word that means "to live again."
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