Meaning

(transitive) To reanimate, bring back to life..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To reanimate, bring back to life.
2. (transitive) To reinvigorate or revitalize.
3. (chemistry, transitive, now rare) To reactivate (a catalyst, reagent etc.).
4. (chemistry, intransitive, now rare) To become effective again as a reagent etc.

Example Sentences

His pure tight skin was an excellent fit; and closely wrapped up in it, and embalmed with inner health and strength, like a revivified Egyptian, this Starbuck seemed prepared to endure for long ages to come, and to endure always, as now; […]

In cautiously revivifying dead queens—and Time's appearance suggests that this recuperation is dependent on the hiatus—the play opens up a space, if an uncertain space, within which to begin a critique of current gender politics.

Near-synonym: rejuvenate

Despite the patrician allure of much that Choiseul attempted, a renovating, technocratic spirit was abroad during his tenure of office which sought to rationalize and revivify government service [...].

Word Forms

• revivifies
• revivifying
• revivified

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Use revivify when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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