Definition of revive | Collins English Dictionary

revive (rɪˈvaɪv)

to bring or be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength; resuscitate or be resuscitated ⇒ revived by a drop of whisky
to give or assume new vitality; flourish again or cause to flourish again
to make or become operative or active again ⇒ the youth movement was revived
to bring or come into use or currency again ⇒ to revive a language
(tr) to take up again ⇒ he revived his old hobby
to bring or come back to mind
(tr) theatre to mount a new production of (an old play)

reˈvivable adjective reˌvivaˈbility noun reˈvivably adverb reˈviver noun reˈviving adjective reˈvivingly adverb

C15: from Old French revivre to live again, from Latin revīvere , from re- + vīvere to live; see vivid

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= bring round, awaken, animate, rouse, resuscitate, bring back to life

= come round, recover, quicken, spring up again

British English: revive When something such as a feeling or a practice revives or is revived, it becomes active or successful again....an attempt to revive the economy. There is no doubt that grades have improved and interest in education has revived.rɪˈvaɪv VERB ...an attempt to revive the economy. There is no doubt that grades have improved and interest in education has revived.
Spanish: reanimar v
French: ranimer vt
German: wiederbeleben v
Chinese: 复兴 v
Arabic: يُنَشِّطُ v
Portuguese: ressuscitar v
Russian: оживать v
Croatian: oživjeti v
Czech: oživit v oživovat
Danish: genoplive v
Dutch: herleven v
Finnish: elvyttää v
Greek: αναβιώνω v
Italian: resuscitare v
Japanese: 復活する v
Korean: 소생시키다 v
Norwegian: gjenopplive v
Polish: ożywić v ożywiać
Brazilian Portuguese: ressuscitar v
European Spanish: reanimar v
Swedish: återuppliva v
Thai: มีชีวิตชีวา v
Turkish: canlanmak v
Vietnamese: làm sống lại v

I put her on her bed and was rubbing her wrists to revive her when you arrived.
Arthur, Robert, Three in One (1993)
Others tried to revive Diana's flagging spirit for Kelly's funeral on 6 August.
Spiked (2003)
The injured man lost consciousness, and despite efforts to revive him at Nenagh General Hospital, he died a short time later.
Irish Times (2002)
The man who replaced Walter Smith after a traumatic FA Cup quarter-final defeat hopes the same setting can revive his own fortunes.
Liverpool Daily Post and Echo (2003)
Seefehlner's tenure during the latter half of the decade did much to revive the Staatsoper's flagging fortunes.
Susie Gilbert and Jay Shir, A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since 1945 (2003)