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revive

verb

return to consciousness

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Word Facts

Word length
6
Starts with
R
Ends with
E
Contains
EV
Scrabble score
12
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ɹɪˈvaɪv

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Meaning

Definitions

verb

  1. return to consciousness

    “The patient came to quickly”

verb

  1. give new life or energy to

    “A hot soup will revive me”

verb

  1. cause to regain consciousness

    “The doctors revived the comatose man”

verb

  1. restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state

    “He revived this style of opera”

verb

  1. be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength

    “Interest in ESP revived”

In context

Example Sentences

The patient came to quickly
She revived after the doctor gave her an injection
A hot soup will revive me
This will renovate my spirits
This treatment repaired my health
The doctors revived the comatose man
He revived this style of opera
He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina
Interest in ESP revived

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