Revive

Quick meaning: Revive is a verb meaning To cause (a person or animal) to recover from a faint; to cause (a person or animal) to return to a state of consciousness.

Meaning

To cause (a person or animal) to recover from a faint; to cause (a person or animal) to return to a state of consciousness.

More Meanings

1. To bring (a person or animal which is dead) back to life.
2. To cause (a feeling, state of mind, etc.) to come back or return; to reactivate, to reawaken.
3. To renew (something) in one's or people's memories or minds; to bring back (something) to (public) attention; to reawaken.
4. To make (something which has become faded or unclear) clear or fresh again; to refresh.
5. To restore (a metal (especially mercury) or other substance in a compound or mixture) to its pure or unmixed state.
6. To give new validity to (a law or legal instrument); to reenact, to revalidate.
7. To cause (something) to recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity; to make (something) active or lively again; to reanimate, to revitalize.

Example Sentences

Near-synonym: rescue

The dying puppy was revived by a soft hand.

Her grandmother said that if she lost consciousness, she would not want to be revived.

This VVater reviv'd his Father more than all the Rum or Spirits I had given him; for he vvas juſt fainting vvith Thirſt.

Word Forms

• revives
• reviving
• revived
• revivest
• revivedst
• reviveth

Synonyms for revive

Depending on context, synonyms include rescue, reanimate, resurrect, reestablish, refresh, reinvigorate.

Antonyms for revive

Common opposites include deanimate, devitalize, devive, black out, pass out.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include revivify, resuscitate, recreate, reanimate, quicken, vivify.

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