reviving Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb cause to regain consciousness
   resuscitate; revive.
   
   • The doctors revived the comatose man
2. verb give new life or energy to
   repair; revivify; recreate; reanimate; revive; renovate; vivify; animate; quicken.
   
   • A hot soup will revive me
   • This will renovate my spirits
   • This treatment repaired my health
3. verb be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength
   revive.
   
   • Interest in ESP revived
4. verb restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state
   resurrect; revive.
   
   • He revived this style of opera
   • He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina
5. verb return to consciousness
   resuscitate; come to; revive.
   
   • The patient came to quickly
   • She revived after the doctor gave her an injection
6. adjective satellite tending to impart new life and vigor to
   revitalising; renewing; revitalizing; restorative.
   
   • the renewing warmth of the sunshine

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