revivify
verbUK /ɹiːˈvɪvɪfʌɪ/
Etymology Partly from French revivifier and partly from Latin revīvificō, corresponding to re- + vivify.
1
To reanimate, bring back to life.
- His pure tight skin was an excellent fit; and closely wrapped up in it, and embalmed with inner health and strength, like a revivified Egyptian, this Starbuck seemed prepared to endure for long ages to come, and to endure always, as now; […]1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Knights and Squires”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 125:
- In cautiously revivifying dead queens—and Time's appearance suggests that this recuperation is dependent on the hiatus—the play opens up a space, if an uncertain space, within which to begin a critique of current gender politics.1994, M. Lindsey Kaplan, Katherine Eggert, ““Good queen, my lord, good queen” - Sexual Slander and the Trials of Female Authority in “The Winter's Tale””, in Renaissance Drama, volume 25, →DOI, page 111 of 89–118:
2
To reinvigorate or revitalize.
- Near-synonym: rejuvenate
- Despite the patrician allure of much that Choiseul attempted, a renovating, technocratic spirit was abroad during his tenure of office which sought to rationalize and revivify government service [...].2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 256:
- Derived terms
- revivification
- Related terms
- revivificate