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REVI'VE, L. revivisco re and vivo, to live.

1. To return to life to recover life.

The soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. 1 Kings 17 . Romans 14 .

2. To recover new life or vigor to be reanimated after depression.

When he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived. Genesis 45 .

3. To recover from a state of neglect, oblivion, obscurity or depression. Learning revived in Europe after the middle ages.

4. In chimistry, to recover its natural state, as a metal.

Sin revives, when the conscience is awakened by a conviction of guilt. Romans 7 .

REVI'VE,

1. To bring again to life to reanimate.

2. To raise from languor, depression or discouragement to rouse as, to revive the spirits or courage.

3. To renew to bring into action after a suspension as, to revive a project or scheme that had been laid aside.

4. To renew in the mind or memory to recall.

The mind has the power in many cases to revive ideas or perceptions, which it has once had.

5. To recover from a state of neglect or depression as, to revive letters or learning.

6. To recomfort to quicken to refresh with joy or hope.

Wilt thou not revive us again? Psalms 85 .

7. To bring again into notice.

Revive the libels born to die.

8. In chimistry, to restore or reduce to its natural state or to its metallic state as, to revive a metal after calcination.