to activate, set in motion, or take up again; renew

to revive old feuds.

to restore to life or consciousness

We revived him with artificial respiration.

to put on or show (an old play or motion picture) again.

to make operative or valid again.

to bring back into notice, use, or currency

to revive a subject of discussion.

to quicken or renew in the mind; bring back

to revive memories.

to reanimate or cheer (the spirit, heart, etc., or a person).

Chemistry . to restore or reduce to the natural or uncombined state, as a metal.

to return to life, consciousness, vigor, strength, or a flourishing condition.

to recover from financial depression.

to be quickened, restored, or renewed, as hope, confidence, suspicions, or memories.

to return to notice, use, or currency, as a subject, practice, or doctrine.

to become operative or valid again.

Chemistry . to recover the natural or uncombined state, as a metal.

verb

destroy , kill , suppress

verb

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