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Webster 1913 Edition
Revivify
Re-viv′i-fy
,Verb.
T.
To cause to revive.
Some association may
revivify
it enough to make it flash, after a long oblivion, into consciousness. Sir W. Hamilton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Revivify
REVIV'IFY
,Verb.
T.
1.
To recall to life; to reanimate.2.
To give new life or vigor to.Definition 2024
revivify
revivify
English
Verb
revivify (third-person singular simple present revivifies, present participle revivifying, simple past and past participle revivified)
- To reanimate, bring back to life.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 26
- His pure tight skin was an excellent fit; and closely wrapped up in it, and embalmed with inner health and strength, like a revivified Egyptian, this Starbuck seemed prepared to endure for long ages to come, and to endure always, as now; [...]
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 26
- To reinvigorate or revitalize.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 256:
- Despite the patrician allure of much that Choiseul attempted, a renovating, technocratic spirit was abroad during his tenure of office which sought to rationalize and revivify government service [...].
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 256:
- (chemistry, now rare) To reactivate (a catalyst, reagent etc.).