Revivify

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Revivify \Re*viv"i*fy\, v. t. [Cf. F. r['e]vivifier, L.
     revivificare. See {Vivify}.]
     To cause to revive.
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           Some association may revivify it enough to make it


           flash, after a long oblivion, into consciousness. --Sir
                                                    W. Hamilton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  revivify
       v : give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me";
           "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired
           my health" [syn: {animate}, {recreate}, {reanimate}, {revive},
            {renovate}, {repair}, {quicken}, {vivify}]
       [also: {revivified}]