Revivification
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Revivification is a noun meaning The act of reviving; restoration of life.
Meaning
The act of reviving; restoration of life.
More Meanings
- (chemistry, obsolete) The reduction of a metal from a state of combination to its metallic state.
Example Sentences
I have often beheld as a miracle, that artificiall resurrection and revivification of Mercury, how being mortified into a thousand shapes, it assumes again its owne, and returns to its numericall selfe.
Fir-cones and snakes from their very forms were emblems of male fertility; snakes, too, from their habit of gliding out of their own skins with renewed brightness and color were suggestive of resurrection and re-vivification; pigs and sows by their exceeding fruitfulness would in their hour of sacrifice remind old mother Earth of what was expected from her!
Word Forms
- revivifications
Synonyms for revivification
Depending on context, synonyms include revival, resurgence, revitalization, revitalisation.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include revival, resurgence, revitalization, revitalisation, reviviscence, revivication.
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