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revivify

verb /ɹiːˈvɪvɪfʌɪ/

  1. To reanimate, bring back to life.

    transitive

    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; […]

  2. To reinvigorate or revitalize.

    transitive

    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 [...].

  3. To reactivate (a catalyst, reagent etc.).

    archaic, transitive

  4. To become effective again as a reagent etc.

    archaic, intransitive

Where it comes from

Partly from French revivifier and partly from Latin revīvificō, corresponding to re- + vivify.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry revivify (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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