Added 9 October 2026
revive
/ɹɪˈvaɪ̯v/ verb
In Latin: reviviscere, revivesco, animo Wiktionary
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To cause (a person or animal) to recover from a faint; to cause (a person or animal) to return to a state of consciousness.
Her grandmother said that if she lost consciousness, she would not want to be revived.
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To cause (a person or animal) to recover from a faint; to cause (a person or animal) to return to a state of consciousness.
Her grandmother said that if she lost consciousness, she would not want to be revived.
- To bring (a person or animal which is dead) back to life.
noun
Origin
The verb is derived from Late Middle English reviven, revyven (“to recover from illness; to regain consciousness; to return to life after death; to happen again, recur; to be rejuvenated, renewed; (figurative) to bring back; (alchemy) of a metal: to be restored to its original form”), from Anglo-Norman reviver, revivre (“to return to life after death; to rejuvenate, renew; to make (a law or legal document) valid again”), Middle French revivre, and Old French revivre (“to return to life after death; to rejuvenate, renew”) (modern French revivre), and directly from their etymon Latin revīvere, the present active infinitive of revīvō (“to live again”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + vīvō (.
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