revive
revive is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 7 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.2. Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century.
- 2.(Old Chem.) To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.
- 3.To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate. Those bodies, by reason of whose mortality we died, shall be revived. Bp. Pearson.
- 4.To raise from coma,, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension. Those gracious words revive my drooping thoughts. Shak. Your coming, friends, revives me. Milton.
- 5.Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning.
- 6.To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken. "Revive the libels born to die." Swift. The mind has a power in many cases to revive perceptions which it has once had. Locke.
- 7.(Old Chem.) To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state; as, to revive a metal after calcination.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- air
- apotheosis
- bait
- better
- brace
- bracing
- break
- breath
- breathe
- breather
- cold
- come
- cream
- crop
- crucible
- deep
- draw
- drink
- edition
- fan
- feel
- five
- food
- freshen
- gather
- generation
- get
- giant
- head
- hot
- ice
- inner
- into
- like
- long
- man
- multiplication
- multiply
- new
- oneself
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is revive.
- What is 2. Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century called?
- What is to recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal called?
- What is to restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate. Those bodies, by reason of whose mortality we died, shall be revived. Bp. Pearson called?
- What is to raise from coma,, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension. Those gracious words revive my drooping thoughts. Shak. Your coming, friends, revives me. Milton called?
- What is hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning called?
- What is to restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state; as, to revive a metal after calcination called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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