Thesaurus: revive

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1. v. i. To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
2. v. i. Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century.
3. v. i. To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.
4. v. i. To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.
5. v. i. To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.
6. v. i. Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning.
7. v. i. To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken.
8. v. i. To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state; as, to revive a metal after calcination.
9. v. cause to regain consciousness
10. v. give new life or energy to
11. v. be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength
12. v. restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state