revivify

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Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
21
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ɹiːˈvɪvɪfʌɪ/ (UK)

Definition of revivify

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To reanimate, bring back to life.
    “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; […]”
    “In cautiously revivifying dead queens—and Time's appearance suggests that this recuperation is dependent on the hiatus—the play opens up a space, if an uncertain space, within which to begin a critique of current gender politics.”
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verb

  1. (transitive)To reanimate, bring back to life.
    “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; […]”
    “In cautiously revivifying dead queens—and Time's appearance suggests that this recuperation is dependent on the hiatus—the play opens up a space, if an uncertain space, within which to begin a critique of current gender politics.”
  2. (transitive)To reinvigorate or revitalize.
    “Near-synonym: rejuvenate”
    “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. (archaic, transitive)To reactivate (a catalyst, reagent etc.).
  4. (archaic, intransitive)To become effective again as a reagent etc.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

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

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