单词 | revivement |
释义 | revivementn. 1. The action or an act of reviving something; revival. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun] > restoration to flourishing condition resurrectionc1450 reviving1486 resuscitating1554 revivement1611 revival1619 revivifying1631 reviction1644 resuscitation1650 revification1657 reviviscence1711 revivification1756 anastasis1843 revitalizing1849 revitalization1850 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Remise, a restorall, reuiuement, recouerie, setting vp againe. 1637 O. Feltham Lett. in Lusoria (1661) xvii. 84 We have the sacred Scriptures,..the purer Primitive Times, and the late Reformation, or Revivement rather, all on our side. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. ii. 54 It would be only a renovation and revivement of the memory of..antient sorrows. a1726 G. Gilbert Law of Executions (1763) 420 The Statute of Frauds and Perjuries only mentions Wills and Revocations, or Alterations, neither which doth a Revivement seem to be. 1843 Foreign Q. Rev. 2 351 The various and vaunted systems of Greece and Rome, and their modern German revivements and imitations. 1882 J. P. Lesley Paul Dreifuss xix. 226 To what cause is to be attributed this so sudden, so complete a conversion, revivement of an entire population? 1914 Trans. National Assoc. for Study of Pellagra ii. 85 We have the recurrence, that is to say, the revivement of the disease causitive agent. 1974 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 10 Oct. a2/2 Revivement of passenger railroad trains from Sacramento to Placerville. 2003 S. Berry Amber Room (2007) ix. 59 The stained-glass heraldic signs of castle knights loomed unimpressive, awaiting revivement by the morning sun. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > [noun] > refreshing or invigorating influence freshment1611 revivement1661 1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 232 His with-drawings are our miseries; his presence, is joy, and revivement. 1663 T. Watson Divine Cordial Ep. to Rdr. sig. A3 It will be no small revivement to me, if these Labours of mine prove advantagious to any. 1665 Ford's Most Famous Hist. Parismus: 2nd Pt. (new ed.) xiv. 114 All this while his beloved Lady was his Physitian..whose presence was more revivement to him than any thing else. a1708 W. Beveridge Private Thoughts Relig. (1709) 247 To lie down still and quiet is a great Refreshment and Revivement to them. 1830 A. Picken Dominies Legacy III. 247 I was a smuggler mysel' in Lochaber, an' the smell o' malt an' barley is just a revivement. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611 |
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