revivify

[ ri-viv-uh-fahy ]

/ rɪˈvɪv əˌfaɪ /

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verb (used with object), re·viv·i·fied, re·viv·i·fy·ing.

to restore to life; give new life to; revive; reanimate.

Origin of revivify

1665–75; < French révivifier < Late Latin revīvificāre. See re-, vivify

OTHER WORDS FROM revivify

re·viv·i·fi·ca·tion

[ri-viv-uh-fi-key-shuh n] /rɪˌvɪv ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən/, noun

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revival of learning, revivalism, revivalist, revive, revivification, revivify, reviviscence, revivor, revocable, revocation, revoice

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This revivification of metals by electricity completes the proof of the electric matter being, or containing phlogiston.

Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air |Joseph Priestley
Monkhouse pointed out that Keats and Shelley, more than Hunt, reaped the rewards of his revivification of the heroic couplet.

Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats |Barnette Miller
Their coming was as a thrill that runs through a half-numb body, a sign of revivification and awakened hope.

Joscelyn Cheshire |Sara Beaumont Kennedy
To the alchemist this was "mortification" and "revivification" of the metal.

A History of Science, Volume 4(of 5) |Henry Smith Williams

There is, first of all, the laughter of revivification and escape from death or danger.

More Science From an Easy Chair |Sir E. Ray (Edwin Ray) Lankester

British Dictionary definitions for revivification

revivify

/ (rɪˈvɪvɪˌfaɪ) /

verb -fies, -fying or -fied

(tr) to give new life or spirit to; revive

Derived forms of revivify

revivification, noun

Medical definitions for revivification

revivification

[ rē-vĭv′ə-fĭ-kā′shən ]

n.

Refreshening the edges of a wound by paring or scraping to promote healing. vivification

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revivify

verb (used with object), re·viv·i·fied, re·viv·i·fy·ing.

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British Dictionary definitions for revivification

verb -fies, -fying or -fied

Derived forms of revivify

Medical definitions for revivification

n.

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

revivify

verb (used with object), re·viv·i·fied, re·viv·i·fy·ing.

Origin of revivify

OTHER WORDS FROM revivify

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verb -fies, -fying or -fied

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n.

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