Verb: revive ri'vIv
- Give new life or energy to
"A hot soup will revive me";
- animate, recreate, reanimate, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify
- Cause to regain consciousness
"The doctors revived the comatose man";
- resuscitate
- Return to consciousness
"She revived after the doctor gave her an injection";
- come to, resuscitate
- Restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state
"He revived this style of opera";
- resurrect
- Make or become more strong or popular
"Interest in ESP revived"
Derived forms: reviving, revives, revived
Type of: arouse, boom, brace, bring around, bring back, bring round, bring to mind, change state, energise [Brit], energize, expand, flourish, perk up, regenerate, rejuvenate, restore, stimulate, stir, thrive, turn
Encyclopedia: Revive