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Revivify
//ɹiːˈvɪvɪfʌɪ// verb
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To reanimate, bring back to life. transitive
"His pure tight skin was an excellent fit; and closely wrapped up in it, and embalmed with inner health and strength, like a revivified Egyptian, this Starbuck seemed prepared to endure for long ages to come, and to endure always, as now; […]"
- 2 give new life or energy to wordnet
- 3 To reinvigorate or revitalize. transitive
"Near-synonym: rejuvenate"
- 4 To reactivate (a catalyst, reagent etc.). archaic, transitive
- 5 To become effective again as a reagent etc. archaic, intransitive
Etymology
Partly from French revivifier and partly from Latin revīvificō, corresponding to re- + vivify.
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