Revive

Near-synonym: rescue

Her grandmother said that if she lost consciousness, she would not want to be revived.

The dying puppy was revived by a soft hand.

This VVater reviv'd his Father more than all the Rum or Spirits I had given him; for he vvas juſt fainting vvith Thirſt.

[H]e […] realized that he had shot his friend and protector, Tarzan of the Apes. […] Soon the cool water revived him, and presently he opened his eyes to look in questioning surprise at D'Arnot.

And in her cheekes the vermeill red did ſhevv / Like roſes in a bed of lilies ſhed, / The vvhich ambroſiall odours from them threvv, / And gazers ſence vvith double pleaſure fed, / Hable to heale the ſicke, and to reuiue the ded.

[T]he King is vveary / Of daintie and ſuch picking greeuances, / For he hath found, to end one doubt by death, / Reuiues tvvo greater in the heires of life: […]

I remember not in Scripture that God ever revived a brute Beaſt; partly, becauſe ſuch mean ſubjects are beneath the Majeſty of a Miracle; and partly, becauſe (as the Apoſtle ſaith) brute Beaſts are made to be taken & deſtroyed.

[T]hough a prince could not revive a dead man by taking the life of him who killed him, neither could he make reparation to the next that should die by the evil example; or answer to himself for the partiality in not pardoning the next as well as the former offender.

The gen'rous ſpark extinct revive, / Teach me to love and to forgive, / Exact me ovvn defects to ſcan, / VVhat others are, to feel, and knovv myſelf a Man.

By the ſame analogy it vvas inferred, that this long period of labour and contention, vvhich vvas novv almoſt elapſed, vvould be ſucceeded by a joyful Sabbath of a thouſand years; and that Chriſt, vvith the triumphant band of the ſaints and the elect vvho had eſcaped death, or vvho had been miraculouſly revived, vvould reign upon earth till the time appointed for the laſt and general reſurrection.

Thou, O Lord! art mighty for ever: it is thou vvho reviveſt the dead, and art mighty to ſave.

The colour from the flower is gone, / Which like thy sweet eyes smiled on me; / […] / I weep—my tears revive it not. / I sigh—it breathes no more on me; […]

Could the judge but quaff a glass, it might make enable him to shake off the unaccountable lethargy which […] has made him such a laggard at this momentous dinner. It would all but revive a dead man!

But what Father Chantry-Pigg wanted to see was the place where St. Paul preached so long that the young man Eutychus sank into sleep and fell down three storeys and was taken up for dead but revived by the apostle, […]

The Manx language has been revived after dying out, and is now taught in some schools on the Isle of Man.

This new paint job should revive the surgery waiting room.

Reuiued with a glimſe of grace old ſorowes to let fal, / The hidden traines I know and ſecret ſnares of loue: […]

Wee muſt ruſh forward: our ſeat theare deſtinie pitcheth, / Theare muſt thee kingdoome with Troian fame be reuiued, […]

[H]e ſpied the Turning vvhere they ſhould all have gone in, to have come to the Place vvhich they vvere at before: […] Our Men vvere reviv'd vvith this Diſcovery, and all agreed to march back; ſo, having loſt about Six Days in this falſe ſtep, they got into the right VVay, […]

[W]hen Converſation appears in danger to flag, vvhich, in ſome Places, I have artfully contrived, I took care to invent ſome ſudden Queſtion, or Turn of VVit, to revive it; […]

After the edict of toleration had reſtored peace and leiſure to the Chriſtians, the Trinitarian controverſy vvas revived in the ancient ſeat of Platoniſm, the learned, the opulent, the tumultuous city of Alexandria; […]

St. Aubert vvas revived by reſt, and by the ſerene air of this ſummit; […]

[I]f at any time a shade of sadness stole across his brow, it was but transient; like a summer cloud, which soon goes by, and freshens and revives the fields over which it passes.

"I think we might all retire to this valley," said Miss Fane, "and revive the old feudal times with great success.[…]"

During the first twenty years of Henry [VIII]'s reign the countess [Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury] seems to have acknowledged his attentions with loyal regard, and if she had not forgotten her birth and her childhood, she never connected herself with the attempts which during that time were made to revive the feuds of the houses.

Then it was the men became high-stomached, and revived ancient quarrels, and crossed the divides to the south to kill the Pellys, and to the west that they might sit by the dead fires of the Tananas.

[…] Marko Devic's shot clearly crossed the line before it was scrambled away by John Terry, only for the officials to remain unmoved. The incident immediately revived the debate about goal-line technology, with a final decision on whether it is introduced expected to be taken in Zurich on 5 July.

[Danny] Boyle revives some of the stylistic tics which found themselves being ripped off by geezer-gangster Britflicks back in the day, but now the freezeframes are briefer, sharper; the movie itself refers back to the original with variant flashback versions of famous scenes, but also Super 8-type images of the boys' poignant boyhood in primary school.

The 20tph service also requires additional stabling space on the east side with TfL [Transport for London] considering various options including reviving the former London Underground depot at New Cross and sites at West Croydon and Crystal Palace.

Significant rail projects have been mothballed before in the face of changed circumstances – in particular, the LNER Woodhead project which was postponed due to wartime conditions and not revived until 1948, as money became available after nationalisation.

Partriche. Of all foules is moſte ſooneſt digeſted: and hath in hym moche nutriment, comforteth the brayne, and maketh ſede of generation,. and reuiueth luſte, whiche is abated.

So did ſhe all, that might his conſtant hart / VVithdravv from thought of vvarlike enterprize, / And drovvne in diſſolute delights apart, / VVhere noiſe of armes, or vevv of martiall guize / Might not reuiue deſire of knightly exercize.

Thus vvhen this Courtly Gentleman vvith toyle / Himſelfe hath vvearied, he doth recoyle / Vnto his reſt, and there vvith ſvveete delight / Of Muſicks skill reuiues his toyled ſpright, […]

[T]he Lavv, inſtead of cleanſing the heart (by its vvorking) from ſin, doth revive [Romans 7:6], put ſtrength into [1 Corinthians 15:56], and increaſe it in the ſoul [Romans 5:20], even as it doth diſcover and forbid it, for it doth not give povver to ſubdue.

VVhat firſt Æneas in this place beheld, / Reviv'd his Courage, and his Fear expel'd.

Would'st thou revive the deep Despair, / The Anguish, that unutter'd nathless wrings / My inmost Heart?

The reports of the admiral's third voyage, however, and the beautiful specimens of pearls which he sent home from the coast of Paria, revived the cupidity of the nation.

Now the New Year reviving old Desires, / The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires, […]

Ugly, clumsy, Clarissa Dalloway had laughed at her for being that; and had revived the fleshly desires, for she minded looking as she did beside Clarissa.

The Harry Potter books and films revived the world’s interest in wizardry.

[T]he reſidue that was therto knytte and adioyned⸝ and late ſemed for the tyme ded or bireft from the mynde⸝ is reuiued and (as it were) retourned home agayne⸝ it is thã [than, i.e., then] had for redemed or reſtored⸝ and is properly called remembraunce.

[S]ome Jade […] hath named me expreſſely in Print (as I will not do him) and accuſe me of want of learning, vpbraiding me for reuiuing in an epiſtle of mine the reuerent memory of Sir Thomas Moore, Sir Iohn Cheeke [John Cheke], Doctor Watſon, Doctor Haddon, Doctor Carre, Maiſter [Roger] Aſcham, as if they were no meate but for his Maiſterſhips mouth, or none but ſome ſuch as the ſon of a ropemaker were worthy to mention them.

And heere I vvill make a requeſt, that […] I may reviue and reintegrate the miſapplyed and abuſed Name of Natvrall Magicke, vvhich in the true ſenſe, is but Natvrall VVisedome, or Natvrall Prvdence: […]

The Citizens in ſtead of meeting him, ſend him a choking meſſage reviving the cruelty done Hemyr Hamze Mirzey his brother, […]

The other [faculty of the mind], is the Povver to revive again in our Minds thoſe Ideas, vvhich after imprinting have diſappeared, or have been as it vvere laid aſide out of Sight: And thus vve do, vvhen vve conceive Heat or Light, Yellovv or Svveet, the Object being removed: and this is Memory, vvhich is at it vvere the Store-houſe of our Ideas.

[Y]et in my Opinion, Obſolete VVords may then be laudably reviv'd, vvhen either they are more Sounding, or more Significant than thoſe in practice: […]

This Converſation revives to us the Memory of a Friend, that vvas more than my Brother to me; […]

He'll treat me, as he does my Betters, / Publiſh my VVill, my Life, my Letters; / Revive the Libels born to die; / VVhich Pope muſt bear as vvell as I.

And have you, Madam, been prevailed upon to revive that ridiculous old ſtory?

These sounds were, from time to time, heard by the servants, and revived in full force the memory of the old ghost legend.

Her figure in the midst of the huge enclosure, the unusual plainness of her dress, her attitude of hope and appeal, so strongly revived in his soul the memory of another ill-used woman who had stood there and thus in bygone days, and had now passed away into her rest, that he was unmanned, and his heart smote him for having attempted reprisals on one of a sex so weak.

His mind moved all in the past, and he revived every step of their wonderful first journey together, […]

It was very odd; his clothes were a fine, deep, glossy, black, and yet they looked like the same suit; nay, there were the very darns, with which old acquaintance had made us familiar. […] The truth flashed suddenly upon us—they had been "revived." 'Tis a deceitful liquid that black and blue reviver; we have watched its effects on many a shabby-genteel man. […] [T]he transient dignity of the unhappy man decreased in exact proportion as the "reviver" wore off.

[…] I applied to the Council of the Academy, […] for liberty to apply a proper preparation to the part of the vellum which appeared blank before the name O'Donnell, and between it and the margin of the page. The academy complied with my request. I took the necessary means of reviving the ink, and in a little time I was rewarded by the plain and clear reappearance of what had not been before dreamt of. There, surely enough, were the name and the title of "Bonaventura O'Donnell", with the words added, "Jubilate Lector".

to revive a metal after calcination

Take of crude Mercury diſtilled in a retort vvith Bay ſalt, or revived vvith common Cinnabarum, one part, Aqua fortis (of tvvo parts of Vitriol calcined and one part of ſalt Peter) tvvo parts, diſſolve them in a phial over vvarm aſhes, […]

[Y]et by his moſte excellent witte⸝ he in a few yeres⸝ nat only broughte this realme in good ordre and vnder due obedience⸝ reuiued the lawes⸝ auanced Juſtice⸝ refurniſſhed his dominions⸝ and repayred his manours: […]

[S]uche Lawes made by hym, as kyng Henry the ſixt, had cauſed to be abrogated and adnichilated, he again reuiued and renouated.

[T]he ſtatute 2. Hen[ry] V continued in full force: but yet is conſidered as extinct by the ſtatute 14 Edw[ard] IV. c[hapter] 4. vvhich revives and confirms all ſtatutes and ordinances made before the acceſſion of the houſe of York againſt breakers of amities, truces, leagues, and ſafe-conducts, vvith an expreſs exception to the ſtatutes of 2 Hen. V.

A Prologue to the Play of Queene Elizabeth [I] as it vvas laſt revived at the Cock-pit, in vvhich the Author taxeth the moſt corrupted copy novv imprinted, vvhich vvas publiſhed vvithout his conſent.

What helpes reuiue, / the thriuing, to thriue. / Plough fence and ſtore, / aught elſe before.

Doubtless, thou [Jesus] hadst herein no small respect to the faith of Jairus, unto whose house thou wert going. That good man had but one only daughter, which lay sick in the beginning of his suit; ere the end, lay dead. […] To make this good, by the touch of the verge of thy garment thou revivedst one from the verge of death.

He is in ſuche a ſwounde [swoon] yͭ I wene he wyll neuer reuyue againe […]

But God claue an hollow place that was in the iawe, and there came water thereout, ⁊ when he [Samson] had drunke, his ſpirit came againe, and he reuiued: […]

The vvater Nymphs that in the bottome playd / Held up their pearled vvriſts and tooke her in, / […] / And through the porch, and inlet of each ſenſe / Dropt in ambroſial oyles till ſhe reviv'd, / And undervvent a quicke, immortall change / Made goddeſs of the river; […]

[P]ious children joy vvith vaſt delight / VVhen a lov'd Sire revives before their ſight, […]

[I]t is clear, that if, upon judgment to be hanged by the neck till he is dead, the criminal be not thoroughly killed, but revives, the ſheriff muſt hang him again.

[A]s Miss Ophelia applied restoratives, he revived, opened his eyes, looked fixedly on them, looked earnestly around the room, his eyes travelling wistfully over every object, and finally they rested on his mother's picture.

She did not call any more, for she felt very ill, and fainted; and when she revived she was lying in the road, with dust in her eyes, and dust in her mouth, and dust down her ears.

For Chriſt therfore dyed and roſe agayne⸝ ãd [and] revived⸝ that he ſhuld be lorde both of deed and quicke.

Perdye, then is it fitt for me (ſaid he) / That am, I vveene, moſt vvretched man aliue, / Burning in flames, yet no flames can I ſee, / And dying dayly, dayly yet reuiue: […]

VVe mourne in black, vvhy mourne vve not in blood? / Henry is dead, and neuer ſhall reuiue: / Vpon a VVoodden Coffin vve attend; […]

And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the ſoul of the child came into him againe, and he reuiued.

She ſmil'd to ſee the doughty Hero ſlain, / But at her Smile, the Beau reviv'd again.

I Quycken I reuyue as a thyng dothe that fyrſt doth begyn to ſtyrre or yͭ was wyddered or almoſte deed and retourneth to lyfe againe⸝ […]

They that dwell vnder his ſhadow ſhall returne: they ſhall reuiue as the corne, ⁊ grow as the vine, the ſent thereof ſhalbe as the wine of Lebanon.

If chance the radiant Sun vvith farevvell ſvveet / Extend his ev'ning beam, the fields revive, / The birds thir notes renevv, and bleating herds / Atteſt thir joy, that hill and valley rings.

Her recoveries were often as sudden as her decays, insomuch that she would revive in a moment out of a wasting distemper, into a habit of the highest health and vigour.

After the slumber of the year / The woodland violets re-appear, / All things revive in field or grove, […]

At first they thought she was dead, but at last they got used to it, and only consulted the almanac to find the moment when she would begin to revive, which, of course, was with the first appearance of the silver thread of the crescent moon.

The poor flowers hung over, limp on their stalks. «They'll revive again!» she said, putting them before him in their glass for him to smell.

Classical learning revived in the 15th century.

He ſees her comming, and begins to glovv: / Euen as a dying coale reuiues vvith vvinde, […]

[I]n the Age of Leonardo da Vinci, and Raphael (vvho vvere the Protogenes and Apelles’s of the Modern Painters) vve ſhould ſee the Art revive again vvith ſo much vigour, and flouriſh in ſo ſhort a ſpace.

But ſee! each Muſe, in Leo [Pope Leo X]'s Golden Days, / Starts from her Trance, and trims her vvither'd Bays! / […] / Then Sculpture and her Siſter-Arts revive; / Stones leap'd to Form, and Rocks began to live; […]

Happy country, vvhere the paſtoral age begins to revive! VVhere the vvits even of Rome are united into a rural groupe of nymphs and ſvvains, under the appellation of modern Arcadians.

The ſtrength of Aurelian had cruſhed on every ſide the enemies of Rome. After his death they ſeemed to revive, and even to multiply.

In the mean time, the impulse which Clive had given to the administration of Bengal was constantly becoming fainter and fainter. His policy was to a great extent abandoned; the abuses which he had suppressed began to revive; […]

[W]hẽ [when] he ſaw the lord de la vale his hert reuyued and thought there was ſome tretye in hande.

I once lived without out lawe: butt when the commaundement cam⸝ ſynne revived⸝ ãd [and] I was deed.

I Quycken or reuyue[,] I take hert, Ie deuieus vif, […]

Now as ſoone as the people heard theſe words, their ſpirit reuiued.

I revive / At this laſt ſight, aſſur'd that Man ſhall live / VVith all the Creatures, and thir ſeed preſerve.

Then Chriſtian fell dovvn at his foot as dead, crying, vvo is me, for I am undone: at the ſight of vvhich Evangeliſt caught him by the right hand, ſaying, all manner of ſin [Matthew 12:31; Mark 3:28] and blaſphemies ſhall be forgiven unto men; be not faithleſs, but believing [John 20:27]; then did Chriſtian again a little revive, and ſtood up trembling; as at firſt, before Evangeliſt.

The doubt which was laid revives again, and shows itself in new difficulties, […]

VVith this Thought my Spirits began to revive, […]

The bovv vvell bent and ſmart the ſpring, / Vice ſeems already ſlain, / But paſſion rudely ſnaps the ſtring, / And it revives again.

And Love, howe'er the maiden strive, / Must with reviving hope revive!

My powers revived within me, and I went / As one whom winds waft o'er the bending grass, / Thro' many a vale of that broad continent.

Her joy and pride in the honour paid to her darling son Adam was beginning to be worsted in the conflict with the jealousy and fretfulness which had revived when Adam came to tell her that Captain Donnithorne desired him to join the dancers in the hall.

At the Inspector's words, indeed, all James's doubts and fears revived.

It flattered him; snubbed as he had been, it soothed him that Mrs. Ramsay should tell him this. Charles Tansley revived.

I was tired of hack journalism. My desire to be a writer revived.

It is not now doubted but plays will revive, and take their usual place in the opinion of persons of wit and merit, notwithstanding their late apostacy^([sic – meaning apostasy]) in favour of dress and sound.

[F]irst called at Wotton's, the shoemaker's, who tells me the reason of [Henry] Harris's going from Sir W[illia]m Davenant's house, that he grew very proud and demanded £20 for himself extraordinary, more than [Thomas] Betterton, or any body else, upon every new play, and £10 upon every revive; […]