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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
revive
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
lift/raise/revive sb’s spirits (=make them feel happier)
▪ A brisk walk helped to lift my spirits.
revive/resurrect your career (=make it successful again)
▪ The singer is seeking to revive his pop career.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
attempt
▪ It was essentially a new attempt to revive the Burkeian fallacy of empire through freedom, obedience through liberty.
▪ Despite desperate attempts to revive her, the trace remained stubbornly flat, until in the end they had to give up.
▪ Pollution largely ended the shellfish industry although there have been recent attempts to revive it.
▪ An attempt to revive the contest in 1871 failed, as did another in 1882.
▪ Staff made frantic attempts to revive him but he is thought to have suffered a massive heart attack.
career
▪ Almost as strong a case for reviving an international career could be made for Teddy Sheringham.
▪ He liked the fact that he had fought back from the break-up with Yamaguchi, revived a career in shambles.
city
▪ Now the concept is being revived with the City Technology Colleges of the 1980s and 1990s.
country
▪ But Shaw had not been well and Charlotte felt he urgently needed to be revived with country air.
economy
▪ Both the leading candidates advocated free market policies and foreign investment to revive the stagnant economy.
▪ They haven't revived the economy, and many are so blatantly political that some prefectures have started to refuse them.
▪ Mr de la Rua's people are counting on a reviving economy to pay electoral dividends.
▪ But it was also clear that the governmental machine had failed to revive the economy or reform social institutions in the 1950s.
▪ That has been successful in reviving the national economy as a whole.
effort
▪ An ambulance was called but efforts made to revive her proved unsuccessful.
▪ It is perhaps not fortuitous that Stein made the enormous effort to revive the publication when he did.
▪ Minutes later a team of paramedics began a futile effort to revive the boy.
▪ He was taken to an Alameda hospital, where efforts to revive him failed.
▪ The workman died at the scene despite efforts to revive him.
fortune
▪ The railway revived the flagging fortunes of Brighton.
▪ The 35-year-old Beane is faced with the daunting challenge of trying to revive the fortunes of a once-successful organization.
▪ He had carteblanche as long as he revived our fortunes - luckily he knew I was the station's biggest asset.
idea
▪ But when confronted with such a defeat, changes at the top are needed, if only to revive enthusiasm and ideas.
industry
▪ Shaw executives hope the nationwide rollout of stores will revive the ailing carpet industry.
interest
▪ Miss Green revived interest in 1924 and the branch was re-constituted but foundered again in 1927.
▪ In fact, some accounts of the times attribute about 80 percent of the revived interest in neural networks directly to Hopfield.
▪ She also tried hard to revive interest in Idomeneo, thus proving that she was no musical ignoramus.
▪ Nothing revives interest in the press like a good war.
▪ Some critics of the revived interest in Prussia have similar feelings.
▪ Still, he argues that any break in the stock or bond markets could help revive investor interest in commodities.
▪ The first merit of P. N. Furbank's admirable biography is that it should revive interest in Diderot.
memory
▪ New York city is reviving unhappy memories of its near-crash in the 1970s.
▪ Perhaps the room revived a taxing memory of what had happened.
▪ A tidy wench was unlikely to revive memories of a ragged boy aboard the Princess.
party
▪ Together they revived their party piece from the Sixties, Open Country, which like everything they played, was superb.
plan
▪ Nearly everyone had a very positive outlook and the plans for action to revive the area were discussed.
project
▪ Walavalkar said Enron told the government it wanted to complete the paperwork for reviving the project by Feb. 15.
tradition
▪ Warner Bros is reviving the tradition of Saturday morning children's cinema at its multiplex cinemas.
▪ Souvenir hunters revived the centuries-old tradition after a huge tanker washed up on the rocks below East Prawle, Devon.
■ VERB
help
▪ The city built the California Center for the Arts, Escondido downtown and has taken other measures to help revive that area.
▪ Still, he argues that any break in the stock or bond markets could help revive investor interest in commodities.
seek
▪ He has lived ever since on the ThaiBurma border, seeking to support and revive the democracy movement in his country.
try
▪ They said they tried to revive him and that all the injuries were inflicted accidentally.
▪ For two decades, the town leaders tried to revive it and rebuild it and rename it.
▪ They will then try to revive his spirits while they consider which offer of a new home is most suitable for him.
▪ Now comes a book that tries to revive loyalty.
▪ But the distribution of the supplies involves a tortuous journey and an agonising delay.Faqir spends another half-hour trying to revive the engine.
▪ The 35-year-old Beane is faced with the daunting challenge of trying to revive the fortunes of a once-successful organization.
▪ Firemen who pulled him from the inferno looked on anxiously as off-duty technician James McDonald tried to revive him.
▪ Amid much fanfare, Shugrue tried to revive Eastern Airlines in 1994 but failed to gain sufficient financial backing.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a campaign to revive the tradition of holding a two-minute silence on Armistice Day
▪ Paramedics rushed him to the hospital, but could not revive him.
▪ Seeing Dan revived all my old feelings of inadequacy.
▪ The movie revives Ali's reputation as a boxer.
▪ They are planning to revive the old Saint's Day parades through town.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ An ambulance was called but efforts made to revive her proved unsuccessful.
▪ Gingrich on Tuesday, for example, began reviving the notion of a balanced budget agreement with President Clinton.
▪ I did not revive his son.
▪ Portions or aspects of his earlier self revive.
▪ The Labour Party will not revive until it can show how to achieve jobs for all who need them.
▪ The ship's doctor tried to give them the kiss of life but they could not be revived.
▪ To mention him would be to revive an old humiliation.
▪ Warner Bros is reviving the tradition of Saturday morning children's cinema at its multiplex cinemas.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Revive

Revive \Re*vive"\, v. t. [Cf. F. reviver. See Revive, v. i.]

  1. To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.

    Those bodies, by reason of whose mortality we died, shall be revived.
    --Bp. Pearson.

  2. To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.

    Those gracious words revive my drooping thoughts.
    --Shak.

    Your coming, friends, revives me.
    --Milton.

  3. Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning.

  4. To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken. ``Revive the libels born to die.''
    --Swift.

    The mind has a power in many cases to revive perceptions which it has once had.
    --Locke.

  5. (Old Chem.) To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state; as, to revive a metal after calcination.

Revive

Revive \Re*vive"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Revived; p. pr. & vb. n. Reviving.] [F. revivere, L. revivere; pref. re- re- + vivere to live. See Vivid.]

  1. To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
    --Shak.

    The Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into again, and he revived.
    --1 Kings xvii. 2

  2. 2. Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century.

  3. (Old Chem.) To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
revive

early 15c., "return to consciousness; restore to health," from Middle French revivre (10c.), from Latin revivere "to live again," from re- "again" (see re-) + vivere "to live" (see vital). Meaning "bring back to notice or fashion" is from mid-15c. Related: Revived; reviving.

Wiktionary
revive

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated. 2 (context transitive English) To recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century.

WordNet
revive
  1. v. cause to regain consciousness; "The doctors revived the comatose man" [syn: resuscitate]

  2. give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" [syn: animate, recreate, reanimate, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify]

  3. be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength; "Interest in ESP revived"

  4. restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state; "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina" [syn: resurrect]

  5. return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection" [syn: come to, resuscitate]

Wikipedia
Revive

Revive may refer to:

  • Revive (Steadman album)
  • Revive (Bjørn Lynne album)
  • Revive Energy Mints, a brand of caffeinated energy candy
  • Revive (band), a Christian rock band
  • Revival, bringing back to life
  • Revive (Mai Kuraki song)
Revive (band)

Revive (sometimes styled Rev!ve) was a Christian rock band based out of Atlanta, Georgia, which consisted of Dave Hanbury, Rich Thompson, Tyler Hall, and Michael Wright. Formed in 2004, they had success throughout Australia, releasing two albums, as well as supporting Third Day on a national tour in January 2007. The band then relocated to America to pursue their career in Christian music. In August 2009, it was announced that Tyler Hall would be leaving the band on 4 September. He was replaced by Nevertheless guitarist, AJ Cheek. Revive was featured in the 2010 Winter Jam tour along with several other Christian artists and bands such as Tenth Avenue North, Third Day, Robert Pierre, The Newsboys and more. In the fall of 2010, Revive teamed up with Hawk Nelson, Britt Nicole, and John Reuben on the "Fly Me To The Show" Tour. On 25 October 2010, Mike Tenkate officially announced that he would be leaving the band at the end of 2010. With the start of 2011 the newest member Michael Wright out of Nashville came on board to fulfill the drumming position. Shortly to follow came one of Revive's last national extents with Building429 on their "Listen to the Sound" tour with opening artist Anthem Lights.

On 3 July 2011, Revive announced on their website that they had decided to finish their nearly 10-year-long adventure, and that they were saying farewell to the band.

Revive (Say Something)

"Revive (Say Something)" is the second single from British dance group LuvBug featuring uncredited vocals from British singer Mark Asari. It was released as a digital download on 8 February 2015 in the United Kingdom.

Usage examples of "revive".

And he hit Polk County under the jaw and knocked him clean acrost the yard into a rain barrel amongst the rooins of which he reposed till he was rescued and revived some hours later.

Tourism had taken over during the Affluence, but the Chaos had revived the classical way of life.

Laud and his associates, by reviving a few primitive institutions of this nature, corrected the error of the first reformers, and presented to the affrightened and astonished mind some sensible, exterior observances, which might occupy it during its religious exercises, and abate the violence of its disappointed efforts.

Here half a dozen young architects who had apprenticed themselves to Sangallo were working on plans for broadening the piazzas, building bridges over the Tiber, constructing new academies, hospitals, churches: the plans originally conceived by Sixtus IV, who had built the Sistine Chapel, neglected by Alexander VI, now revived and expanded by Julius, nephew of Sixtus.

The enticingly slender nose, the elegant cheekbones, and the delicate structure of her winsome face in its entirety were admirable enough to bestir the heart of many of his gender, but it was her large, silkily lashed dark eyes, slanting ever-so-slightly upward beneath gracefully sweeping brows, that revived images of the young, gangly sprite she had once been.

Controls had taken hold of and revived, or to impose burthensome charges.

With Lafayette occupied at the front and the complaisant Petion rather than the fretful Bailly as mayor, the militant press and the popular clubs quickly revived their following in the spring of 1792.

Mayor Joe Carollo has grandiose dreams for reviving the bayfront lagoon area by the Marine Stadium: hotels, restaurants, shops and a Jet Ski extravaganza that would bring needed lease revenues to City Hall.

The girl was a devoted horsewoman and with the feel of the horse under her, her spirits revived and she drew in a long breath of the fragrant night.

It was the first time that the young artist sang in this work of Gounod, which had not been transferred to the Opera and which was revived at the Opera Comique after it had been produced at the old Theatre Lyrique by Mme.

But those old instincts of caution Mankin developed working in enemy territory had abruptly revived.

To revive her spirits and to quicken her memory, Israel had taken her to walk in the fields outside the town where she had loved to play in her childhood--the wild places covered with the peppermint and the pink, the thyme, the marjoram, and the white broom, where she had gathered flowers in the old times, when God had taught her.

Rumors of an exceedingly uncomplimentary character, that had measurably died out with time, were suddenly revived against Mrs.

It is the tag of that first strategic maneuveremblem, metonym, the name people revive every time history rounds up its usual innocents.

They had it to keep, to slice up with a microtome, even to revive, if anyone had the strong guts.