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revive

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/ɹɪˈvaɪv/ English

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  1. To return to life; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
  2. To return to life; to cause to recover life or strength; to cause to live anew.“Her grandmother refused to be revived if she lost consciousness.”
  3. To recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression.“Classical learning revived in the fifteenth century.”
  4. To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.“This new paint job should revive the surgery waiting room.”

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