Bible Dictionaries
Revival

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest.

(2):

(n.) The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.

(3):

(n.) Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, as the drama and literature.

(4):

(n.) Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion.

(5):

(n.) Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal; as, the revival of a debt barred by limitation; the revival of a revoked will, etc.

(6):

(n.) Revivification, as of a metal. See Revivification, 2.

(7):

(n.) Renewed attention to something, as to letters or literature.

(8):

(n.) Reanimation from a state of langour or depression; - applied to the health, spirits, and the like.

(9):

(n.) Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Revival'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/revival.html. 1828.