REVIVIFYING Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

revivifying

verb

present participle of revivify

as in restoring

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

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as in reviving

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

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Critics dismissed the polls, held in phases in December and January, as a sham designed to consolidate the military’s grip on power while ostensibly restoring civilian rule.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
In a separate interview with Fox News Digital, Karman argued that restoring a functioning Yemeni state is ultimately essential to defeating armed groups and securing the country.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of restoring

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Georgia Power’s deal to provide electricity to a massive, OpenAI campus planned near Savannah is drawing regulators’ scrutiny and reviving debates about how to keep residential customers safe from the facilities’ costs.

— Drew Kann, AJC.com, 17 Aug. 2026
With Prince George's first day at Eton approaching, the Prince and Princess of Wales are reportedly considering reviving the press truce that protected the early days of their own romance.

— Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 15 Aug. 2026

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The veteran photographer provided Gunn great assistance in faithfully recreating the summit, and the photos Souza took have a striking resemblance to the original photos from ‘86.

— Barry Levitt, Time, 14 Aug. 2026
After 75 years at its original Birmingham, Michigan, location, Hunter House is recreating the restaurant about a mile down Woodward Avenue.

— Elaine Rojas-Castillo, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of recreating

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Ultimately, renewing alliances will require an affirmative purpose.

— Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
But the government contract for that work expired at the end of July, and, instead of renewing it, the Administration announced its plans to work with other providers.

— Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of renewing

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