revive🔊

(transitive)

(rescue (someone) paramedically, medically, or psychologically) To cause (a person or animal) to recover from a faint; to cause (a person or animal) to return to a state of consciousness.

(return (someone or something) to life, v.t.) To bring (a person or animal which is dead) back to life.

(figurative)

# 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.

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

# To renew (something) in one's or people's memories or minds; to bring back (something) to (public) attention; to reawaken.

# To make (something which has become faded or unclear) clear or fresh again; to refresh.

# (historical) To restore (a metal (especially mercury) or other substance in a compound or mixture) to its pure or unmixed state.

# (historical) To give new validity to (a law or legal instrument); to reenact, to revalidate.

# (television) To put on a new production of (a musical, play, or other stage performance; also, a film or television programme).

# (rare)

(intransitive)

To recover from a faint; to return to a state of consciousness.

(return to life, v.i.) Of a dead person or animal: to be brought back to life.

Of a person, animal, or plant: to return to a state of health or vigour, especially after almost dying.

(figurative)

# To recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity; to become active or lively again; to reanimate, to revitalize.

# Of a feeling, state of mind, etc.: to come back or return; to be reactivated or reawakened.

# (rare) Of a metal (especially mercury) or other substance in a compound or mixture: to return to its pure or unmixed state.

# (uncommon) Of a law or legal instrument: to be given new validity.

# (television) Of a musical, play, or other stage performance; also, a film or television programme: to have a new production put on.

(obsolete) (revival) (“an act of reviving, or a state of being revived ''(in various senses)''”).