verb

revive

rih-VYV

verb

To bring someone back to consciousness or restore them to health.

"Paramedics managed to revive the swimmer on the beach."

To bring something back to activity, popularity, or use after a period of decline.

"The new manager revived the failing business within a year."

"The film revived interest in the original novel."

How to Use Revive

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTo bring back to life, consciousness, or activity — a person, a business, an interest, anything that had faded.

Common pairings

revive the economy revive interest in something revive a patient

Word Forms

revived past tense, revive plural, revived plural, revives plural, revives singular, revive singular, revived singular, revivest singular, revivedst singular, reviveth singular

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Etymology

From Late Middle English reviven, via Old French revivre, from Latin revivere, "to live again" — re- plus vivo, "to live".

Antonyms

deanimate devitalize devive

Rhymes for revive

Ive five give dive live hive jive vive olive drive alive waive

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