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English
Etymology
Partly from French revivifier and partly from Latin revīvificō, corresponding to re- + vivify.
Pronunciation
Verb
revivify (third-person singular simple present revivifies, present participle revivifying, simple past and past participle revivified)
- (transitive) To reanimate, bring back to life.
- Synonym: revive
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Knights and Squires”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 125: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;
- (transitive) To reinvigorate or revitalize.
- Synonym: revive
- Coordinate term: reactivate
- Near-synonym: rejuvenate
2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 256: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 .
- (chemistry, transitive, now rare) To reactivate (a catalyst, reagent etc.).
- (chemistry, intransitive, now rare) To become effective again as a reagent etc.
- Coordinate term: reactivate
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