revive

UK: /rɪˈvaɪv/ US: /rɪˈvaɪv/ ,(ri vīv′)

Inflections of 'revive' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

revives

v 3rd person singular

reviving

v pres p

revived

v past

revived

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

re•vive /rɪˈvaɪv/   v., -vived, -viv•ing. 

1. to (cause to) be brought back or taken up again;
   (cause to) be renewed: [~ + object]
   Don't revive those old prejudices.
   [no object]
   Her interest in playing the trumpet revived.
2. Medicine to restore to life or consciousness: [~ + object]
   The paramedics worked to revive the drowning victim.
   [no object]
   Somehow she revived after a few minutes.
3. [~ + object] to put on or show (an old play, etc.) again.

See -viv-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

re•vive  (ri vīv′), v., -vived, -viv•ing. 
v.t. 

1. to activate, set in motion, or take up again;
   renew:
   to revive old feuds.
2. Medicine to restore to life or consciousness:
   We revived him with artificial respiration.
3. to put on or show (an old play or motion picture) again.
4. to make operative or valid again.
5. to bring back into notice, use, or currency:
   to revive a subject of discussion.
6. to quicken or renew in the mind;
   bring back:
   to revive memories.
7. to reanimate or cheer (the spirit, heart, etc., or a person).
8. Chemistry to restore or reduce to the natural or uncombined state, as a metal.

v.i. 

9. Medicine to return to life, consciousness, vigor, strength, or a flourishing condition.
10. to recover from financial depression.
11. to be quickened, restored, or renewed, as hope, confidence, suspicions, or memories.
12. to return to notice, use, or currency, as a subject, practice, or doctrine.
13. to become operative or valid again.
14. Chemistry to recover the natural or uncombined state, as a metal.

• Latin revīvere to live again, equivalent. to re- re- + vīvere to live, be alive; compare vital
• late Middle English reviven 1375–1425

re•viv′a•ble, adj. 
re•viv′a•bil′i•ty, n. 
re•viv′a•bly, adv. 
re•viv′er, n. 
re•viv′ing•ly, adv. 
Synonyms

• 1, 4. reactivate.
• 2. revitalize, reanimate, resuscitate.
• 6. rouse, refresh.

Antonyms

• 2. kill.

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revive / rɪˈvaɪv/ verb

1. to bring or be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength; resuscitate or be resuscitated: revived by a drop of whisky
2. to give or assume new vitality; flourish again or cause to flourish again
3. to make or become operative or active again: the youth movement was revived
4. to bring or come back to mind
5. (transitive) to mount a new production of (an old play)

Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French revivre to live again, from Latin revīvere, from re- + vīvere to live; see vivid

reˌvivaˈbility noun

reˈviver noun

reˈviving adjective