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revive

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To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.

Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century.

To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.

To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.

To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.

Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning.

To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken.

To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state; as, to revive a metal after calcination.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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A hot soup will revive me Source: Internet

This will renovate my spirits Source: Internet

This treatment repaired my health Source: Internet

The patient came to quickly Source: Internet

She revived after the doctor gave her an injection Source: Internet

He revived this style of opera Source: Internet

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