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revive

re·vive [ ri vv ] (past and past participle re·vived, present participle re·viv·ing, 3rd person present singular re·vives)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive and intransitive verb recover consciousness: to come back to life, consciousness, or full strength, or bring somebody back to life, consciousness, or full strength

2. transitive and intransitive verb flourish again: to become active, accepted, or popular once more, or make something active, accepted, or popular once more

3. transitive verb cause experience to return: to cause something to be experienced again as a memory or feeling

4. transitive verb stage something again: to stage a new production of an old play or opera

[15th century. Directly or via French< late Latin revivere "make live again" < Latin vivere "live"]

re·viv·a·ble adjective
re·viv·er noun
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