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n. {Reviving}.] [F. revivere, L. revivere; pref. re- re- + vivere to live. See {Vivid}.] 1. To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of
the child came into again, and he revived. --1 Kings
xvii. 22.
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2. Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity,
neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in
the fifteenth century.
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3. (Old Chem.) To recover its natural or metallic state, as a
metal.
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Revive Re*vive", v. t. F. reviver. See Revive, v. i.
1. To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.
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Those bodies, by reason of whose mortality we died,
shall be revived. --Bp. Pearson.
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2. To raise from coma, languor, depression, or
discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.
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Those gracious words revive my drooping thoughts.
--Shak.
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Your coming, friends, revives me. --Milton.
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3. Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as,
to revive letters or learning.
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4. To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection;
to recall attention to; to reawaken. ``Revive the libels
born to die. --Swift.
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The mind has a power in many cases to revive
perceptions which it has once had. --Locke.
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5. (Old Chem.) To restore or reduce to its natural or
metallic state; as, to revive a metal after calcination.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English