Revive

re-vīv′, v.i. to return to life, vigour, or fame: to recover from neglect, oblivion, or depre ion: to regain use or currency: to have the memory refreshed.— v.t. to restore to life again: to reawaken in the mind: to recover from neglect or depre ion: to bring again into public notice, as a play: to recall, to restore to use: to reproduce: ( chem. ) to restore to its natural state.— n. Revīvabil′ity .— adj. Revī′vable , capable of being revived.— adv. Revī′vably .— ns. Revī′val , recovery from languor, neglect, depre ion, .: renewed performance of, as of a play: renewed interest in or attention to: a time of extraordinary religious awakening: restoration: quickening: renewal, as of trade: awakening, as revival of learning: ( law ) reinstatement of an action; Revī′valism ; Revī′valist , one who promotes religious revivals: an itinerant preacher.— adj. Revīvalis′tic .— ns. Revīve′ment ; Revī′ver , one who, or that which, revives: a compound for renovating clothes; Revivificā′tion ( chem. ), the reduction of a metal from a state of combination to its natural state.— v.t. Reviv′ify , to cause to revive: to reanimate: to enliven.— v.i. to become efficient again as a reagent.— adv. Revī′vingly .— n. Revivis′cence , an awakening from torpidity, after hibernation.— adj. Revivis′cent .— n. Revī′vor ( law ), the revival of a suit which was abated by the death of a party or other cause.— The Anglo-Catholic revival , a strong reaction within the Church of England towards the views of doctrine and practice held by Laud and his school (see Tractarian ism ). [O. Fr. revivre —L. re- , again, vivĕre , to live.]