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Revive Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Revive has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

cause to regain consciousness

"The doctors revived the comatose man"

2

give new life or energy to

"A hot soup will revive me"

"This will renovate my spirits"

"This treatment repaired my health"

3

be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength

"Interest in ESP revived"

4

restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state

"He revived this style of opera"

"He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina"

5

return to consciousness

"The patient came to quickly"

"She revived after the doctor gave her an injection"

6

To return to life; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.

"After taking a deep breath of fresh mountain air, she felt her energy revive completely."

Example Sentences
"The doctors revived the comatose man" verb
"A hot soup will revive me" verb
"This will renovate my spirits" verb
"This treatment repaired my health" verb
"Interest in ESP revived" verb
"He revived this style of opera" verb
"He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina" verb
"The patient came to quickly" verb
"She revived after the doctor gave her an injection" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
bring to stimulate boom regenerate change state
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
boot resurrect republish
Rhyming Words
vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive
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