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( Latham.) reviver (rē-vi'vėr), п . 1. One who revives or restores anything to use or prominence; one who recovers anything from inactivity, neglect, or disuse. He saith it [learning] is the corrupter of the simple, the schoolmaster of sinne, the storehouse of treacherie, the reuiuer of vices, and mother of cowardize. Nashe, Pierce Penile e, p. 39. The Century , XXXVII. 67. Giotto was not a reviver - he was an inventor. 2. That which invigorates or revives. "Now, Mr. Tapley," said Mark, giving himself a tremendous blow in the chest by way of reviver , "just you attend to what I've got to say. Dickens , Martin Chuzzlewit, xxiii. 3. A compound used for renovating clothes. 'Tis a deceitful liquid, that black and blue reviver . Dickens , Sketches, Characters, x. 4. In law . See revivor . revivificate (rē-viv'i-fi-kāt), v . t . [ revivi ficatus , pp. of (ML.) revivificare , restore to life: see revivify .] To revive; recall or restore to life. Johnson. [Rare.] revivification (re-viv"i-fi-kā'shon), n. révivification = Pg. revivificação , revivifi catio (n-), revivificare , revivify: see revivificate , revivify.] 1. Renewal of life; restoration to life; resuscitation. [F. The resurrection or revivification (for the word signifies no more than so) is common to both.