revived; reviving
: to return to consciousness or life : become active or flourishing again
Business is beginning to revive.
1
: to restore to consciousness, life, or healthy condition
doctors trying to revive a patient
Water revived the wilting flowers.
2
: to restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state : bring back
The movie revived her career.
3
: to renew in the mind or memory
Visiting the old house revived childhood memories.
reviver
noun
Examples of revive in a Sentence
The success of the movie has revived her career.
The government is trying to revive the economy.
Our spirits were revived by his enthusiasm.
The store's business is beginning to revive.
The family is trying to revive an old custom.
He has decided to revive Molière's Tartuffe.
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Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Nov. 2025
Investors hope easier monetary policy can revive a sluggish economy and justify historically high tech-stock valuations.
—Sean Conlon,pia Singh, CNBC, 20 Nov. 2025
Reactivating old memories forces the brain into a mental workout to revive feelings, smells, sounds, and more, says Samtani, and this process can keep those circuits active and hopefully protect them from more rapid decline.
—Alice Park, Time, 19 Nov. 2025
The office recently supported grid upgrades across several states and is now using new authority to revive older power assets.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 19 Nov. 2025
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revive
verb
re·vive
ri-ˈvīv 
revived; reviving
1
: to make (someone or something) strong, active, or healthy again
2
: to bring back into use or popularity
trying to revive an old custom
reviver
noun
Medical Definition
revive
verb
re·vive
ri-ˈvīv
revived; reviving
: to return to consciousness or life
1
: to restore to consciousness or life
2
: to restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state
Legal Definition
revive
transitive verb
re·vive
ri-ˈvīv
revived; reviving
: to restore the force, effect, or validity of (as a contract, will, or action)
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