revivify
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 20
- Words With Friends
- 21
- Letters
- 8
/ɹiːˈvɪvɪfʌɪ/
(UK)
Definition of revivify
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(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
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(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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(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 [...].”
- (archaic, transitive)To reactivate (a catalyst, reagent etc.).
- (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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