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James at Compos tell a, and after that to the famous Virgin on the other Side the Water in England; and this was rather a revisit, for I had been to see her three Years before. N. Bailey , tr. of Colloquies of Erasmus, II. 2. revisitant (re-viz'i-tant), a . [ revisi tan ( t- ) s , ppr. of revisit are , revisit: see revisit .] Revisiting; returning, especially after long ab sence or separation. IMG:content-2167.png:[blocks in formation] vising. revitalization (rē-vī"tal-i-zā'shon), n . [ vitalize + -ation .] The act or proce of revitalizing; the state of being revitalized, or informed with fresh life and vigor. To restore vitality or life to; inform again or anew with life; bring back to life. Profe or Owen observes that "there are organisms... which we can devitalize and revitalize - devive and revive - many times." That such organisms can be revived, all will admit, but probably Profe or Owen will be alone in not recognising considerable distinction between the words revitalizing and reviving. The animalcule that can be revived has never been dead, but that which is not dead cannot be revitalized . Beale , Protoplasm (3d ed.), p. 65. revittlet, v. An obsolete spelling of revictual . revivability (re-vi-va-bil'i-ti), n . [ revivable + -ity (see -bility ).] The character of being revivable; the capacity for being revived. The revivability of past feelings varies inversely as the vividne of present feelings. H. Spencer , Prin. of Psychol., § 98. revivable (re-viva-bl), a . [ revive + -able . ] Capable of being revived. Nor will the response of a sensory organ be an experience, unle it be registered in a modification of structure, and thus be revivable , because a statical condition is requisite for a dynamical manifestation. G. H. Lewes , Probs. of Life and Mind, I. i. § 12. revivably (rē-viva-bli), adv . With a capacity for revival; so as to admit of revival. What kind of agency can it then be... that revivably stores up the memory of departed phenomena? Mind , IX. 350. revival (rē-vī'val), n . [ revive + -al .] 1. The act of reviving, or returning to life after actual or apparent death; the act of bringing back to life; also, the state of being so revived or restored: as, the revival of a drowned person; the revival of a person from a swoon.-2. Restoration to former vigor, activity, or efficiency, after a period of languor, depre ion, or suspension; quickening; renewal: as, the revival of hope; the revival of one's spirits by good news; a revival of trade. "I've thought of something," said the Rector, with a sudden revival of spirits. George Eliot , Felix Holt, xxiii. 3. Restoration to general use, practice, accерtance, or belief; the state of being currently known or received: as, the revival of learning in Europe; the revival of bygone fashions; specifically [ cap .], the Renai ance. The man to whom the literature of his country owes its origin and its revival was born in times singularly adapted to call forth his extraordinary powers. Macaulay , Dante. 4. Specifically, an extraordinary awakening in a church or a community of interest in and care for matters relating to personal religion. There ought not to be much for a revival to do in any church which has had the simple good news preached to it, and in which the heart and life and better motives have been affectionately and persistently addre ed. Scribner's Mo., XIV. 256. A revival of religion merely makes manifest for a time what religion there is in a community, but it does not exalt men above their nature or above their times. H. B. Stowe , Oldtown, p. 469. 5. The representation of something past; specifically, in theatrical art , the reproduction of a play which has not been presented for a considerable time. One can hardly pause before it [a gateway of the seventeenth century] without seeming to a ist at a ten minutes revival of old Italy. H. James , Jr. , Trans. Sketches, p. 145. Some of Mr.'s revivals have been beautifully costumed. The Century , XXXV. 544, note. 6. In chem . , same as revivification .-7. The reinstatement of an action or a suit after it has become abated, as, for instance, by the death of a party, when it may be revived by substituting the personal representative, if the cause of action has not abated.-8. That which is recalled to life, or to present existence or appearance. [Rare.] The place [Castle of Blois] is full of... memories, of ghosts, of echoes, of po ible evocations and revivals . H. James , Jr. , Little Tour, p. 29. Anglo-Catholic revival, Catholic revival, a revival of Catholic or Anglo-Catholic principles and practices in the Church of England (see Anglo - Catholic , and Catholic I., 3 ( d )), also known, because begun in the University of Oxford, as the Oxford movement . It began in 1833, in op position to an agitation for the expulsion of the bishops from the House of Lords and for the disestablishment of the Church of England. Its founder was H. J. Rose, with whom were joined Arthur Percival, Hurrel Froude, and William Palmer, and, a little later, John Henry Newman (originally an Evangelical) and John Keble, the public a tion of whose "Christian Year" in 1827 has been regarded as an important precursor of the movement. In its earlier stage the promoters of the revival were known as Trac tarians. (See Tractarian .) After Newman had, in 1845, abandoned the Church of England and joined the Church of Rome, Dr. Edward B. Pusey became generally recognized as the leader of the movement, and its adherents were nicknamed Puseyites by their opponents. The revival of revival doctrine was the main work of the movement, especially in its earlier stages, but this resulted afterward in a revival of ritual also, and this extension of the movement is known as ritualism . (See ritualist , 2.) The general object of the Catholic revival was to affirm and enforce the character of the Anglican Church as Catholic in the sense of unbroken historical derivation from and agreement in doctrine and organization with the ancient Catholic Church before the division between East and West. revivalism (rē-vival-izm), n. [ revival + -ism.] That form of religious activity which manifests itself in revivals. [Recent.] The most perfect example of revivalism , the one to which it constantly appeals for its warrant, was the rapt a embly at Pentecost, with its many-tongued psalmists and inspired prophets, its transports and fervors and miraculous conversions. The Century , XXXI. 80. revivalist (rē-vival-ist), n . [ revival + -ist.] One who is instrumental in producing or promoting in a community a revival of religious interest and activity: specifically applied to an itinerant preacher who makes this his special work. [Recent.] The conviction of enmity to God, which the revivalist a umes as the first step in any true spiritual life. The American , VIII. 126. revivalistic (re-vi-va-listik), a . [ revivalist + -ic.] 1. Of or pertaining to a revivalist or revivalism. Revivalistic succe is seldom seen apart from a certain easily recognized type of man. Religious Herald , March 26, 1885. 2. Characterized by revivalism; of the nature of revivalism. [Recent and rare in both uses.] Spiritual preaching is reviving; it is not nece arily re vivalistic . The Century , XXXI. 438. revive (rē-viv'), v .; pret. and pp. revived , ppr. reviving. [ revivre = Pr. reviure = Cat. reviurer = Sp. revivir = Pg . reviver = It. rivivere , L.revivere , live again, revive (cf. ML.revivare, tr., revive), re- , again, + vivere , live: see vivid . Cf. revire.] I. in trans . 1. To return to life after actual or seeming death; resume vital functions or activities: as, to revive after a swoon. The soul of the child came into him again, and he re IMG:content-2168.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To live again; have a second life. [Rare.] Emotionally we revive in our children; economically we sacrifice many of our present gratifications to the development of the race. Pop. Sci . Mo. , XXXIII. 386. 3. To gain fresh life and vigor; be reanimated or quickened; recover strength, as after languor or depre ion. When he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived . Gen. xlv. 27. A spirit which had been extinguished on the plains of Philippi revived in A than as i us and Ambrose. Macaulay , History. 4. To be renewed in the mind or memory: as, the memory of his wrongs revived within him; past emotions sometimes revive . - 5. To regain use or currency; come into general use, practice, or acceptance, as after a period of neglect or disuse; become current once more.