revivify

revivify

verb

Definition of REVIVIFY

1

to bring back to a former condition or vigor <a new director hoping to revivify the region's oldest repertory company>

Synonyms freshen, recharge, recreate, refresh, refreshen, regenerate, rejuvenate, repair, restore, resuscitate, revitalize, revive, revivify

Related Words make over, overhaul, reclaim, recondition, reconstitute, redesign, redevelop, redo, reengineer, refurbish, rehab, rehabilitate, remake, remodel, renovate; refill, replenish, resupply; modernize, update

2

to bring back to life, practice, or activity <the new director hopes to revivify interest in the sports programs offered at the youth center>

Synonyms reanimate, recharge, regenerate, rejuvenate, rekindle, renew, resurrect, resuscitate, revitalize, revivify, rewake, rewaken

Related Words jump-start, kick-start; reactivate, restart; reinvent; refresh, refreshen

Near Antonyms extinguish, kill, quench, suppress