Definition of Revive

Revive

1. To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
2. Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century.
3. To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.
4. To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.
5. To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.
6. Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning.
7. To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken.
8. To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state; as, to revive a metal after calcination.