v. i. | 1. | To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated. |
2. | Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; | |
3. | (Old Chem.) To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal. | |
v. t. | 1. | To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate. |
2. | To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension. | |
3. | Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; | |
4. | To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken. | |
5. | (Old Chem.) To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state; |
Verb | 1. | revive - cause to regain consciousness; "The doctors revived the comatose man" Synonyms: resuscitate |
2. | revive - give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" | |
3. | revive - be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength; "Interest in ESP revived" | |
4. | revive - restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state; "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina" Synonyms: resurrect | |
5. | revive - return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection" Synonyms: resuscitate, come to |
REVIVE, practice. When a judgment is more than a day and a year old, no execution can issue upon it at common law; but till it has been paid, or the presumption arises from lapse of time, that it has been satisfied, it may be revived and have all its original force, which was merely suspended. This may be done by a scire facias, or an action of debt on the judgment. Vide Scire facias; Wakening.
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