Overview of verb revive

The verb revive has 5 senses

• resuscitate, revive -- (cause to regain consciousness; "The doctors revived the comatose man")


• animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify -- (give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health")


• revive -- (be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength; "Interest in ESP revived")


• revive, resurrect -- (restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state; "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina")


• come to, revive, resuscitate -- (return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection")

Overview of adj reviving

The adj reviving has 1 sense

• renewing, restorative, reviving, revitalizing, revitalising -- (tending to impart new life and vigor to; "the renewing warmth of the sunshine")