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revive

/ɹɪˈvaɪ̯v/verb2 syllables

Revive means: return to consciousness.

Synonyms for revive11

verb, as in return to consciousness

come to, resuscitate, animate, recreate, reanimate, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify

verb, as in give new life or energy to

animate, recreate, reanimate, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify, come to, resuscitate

verb, as in cause to regain consciousness

resuscitate, come to

verb, as in restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state

resurrect

What does revive mean?5

verb

1

return to consciousness“The patient came to quickly”

2

give new life or energy to“A hot soup will revive me”

3

cause to regain consciousness“The doctors revived the comatose man”

4

restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state“He revived this style of opera”

5

be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength“Interest in ESP revived”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with revive?13

two syllables

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Revive in a sentence

  • Social networks enable men to revive their instinct of pack hunters, like hyena.sacredceltic
  • Distress does not kill, but quietness does not revive either.AmarMecheri
  • That will help revive a fashion of the past.unknown
  • The plants will revive after a good rain.al_ex_an_der
  • That rose will revive if you water it.unknown
  • We used emergency measures to revive the cardiac arrest patient.blay_paul
  • You'll never be able to revive someone who is only pretending to be dead.FeuDRenais2
  • Dan's heart stopped but doctors managed to revive him.Amastan

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Forms of revive

as a verb

past tense
revived
present participle
reviving
third-person singular
revives