单词 | revivication |
释义 | revivicationn. = revivification n. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > resurrection or revival > [noun] > action of reliving1536 revivification1561 reanimation1653 revivication1724 1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) Revivication [in some later edd. revivification], [among Chymists] the procuring again some Metals in their natural State, from the Mixtures they have been blended into by some Preparations, as Quicksilver is revived from Cinnabar. 1743 J. Horler Vindic. Gospel Jesus Christ viii. 398 As tho' the Blood of Christ..moistened Adams dust, and as it were by a Sovereign plastick power, new form'd, and gave it revivication. 1759 R. Dossie Inst. Exper. Chem. I. 71 The reduction or revivication of calcined metals. 1839 E. A. Poe Ligeia in Wks. (1865) I. 467 This hideous drama of revivication was repeated;..each terrific relapse was only into a sterner..death. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 428 Spring..is the season of revivication. 1929 V. Woolf Let. 11 May (1978) IV. 56 Last night we had a terrific revivication; the resurrection day was nothing to it. 1961 P. K. Hitti Near East in Hist. iii. xiv. 172 Coptic has been superseded by Arabic except as the liturgical language of the church. Recent attempts at its revivication have failed. 2001 E. Hoffman Secret 93 They were experimenting with a new technique of species revivication. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1724 |
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