1Restore to life or consciousness.

1. 1.1no object Regain life, consciousness, or strength.
   she was beginning to revive from her faint

   Example sentencesExamples

   • If you're a born-again Christian, but your battery has gone down, it can be recharged, renewed, revived… today.
   • After describing himself as a ‘dumb convalescent’, he went on to observe how his mind revived under the stimulus of his new interest.
   • Amphitryon then speaks to his wife, who is reviving after having fainted in his arms.
   • Despite security and infrastructure challenges, Afghanistan's private sector is slowly reviving from the bottom up.
   • There is always a risk of famous last words, but every time his critics have given him the kiss of death, it's amounted to mouth-to-mouth resuscitation; he revives and bounces back with tremendous force.
   • Close to his burning leader, Byu fainted, then revived and began to pray.
   • One of the most rewarding and interesting parts of my job is when I treat an individual who has already lost hope and I see that he is reviving through my supports and intervention.
   • A surge of new corporate bond issues, including several eye-catching issuers such as China Mobile, since last year may well indicate that the industry is reviving.
   • Several girls were overcome with the excitement of it all, two had to be taken out of the back of the shop and one nearly fainted, but store manager Craig Wilkinson said they revived quickly when Craig went out to say hello.
   • Almost a month after India's most fashionable week - Lakme India Fashion Week - came to an end here, fashion fatigue appears to be wearing off and the industry appears to be reviving.
   • They should also call for stand-still protection for those working people drowning in debts who lose their jobs - a temporary safety net that keeps them out of bankruptcy until the economy revives.
   • There needs to be the true preaching of the Word in the church that will bring reviving and awakening.
   • He gave the baby mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, and he revived although seemed a bit floppy.
   • But their age-old political animus is reviving too; only a fifth of China's exports are in categories that compete with Japanese ones.
   • Some believe these trends will prove ephemeral as M&S revives.
   • And in another victory for Iraqi civil society, the Boy Scout movement is slowly reviving too, with some essential help from their American counterparts.
   • The torture is deliberately carried out, by order of the king, in full view of Anna Leonowens's window; she faints watching the torture and revives after the executions have been performed.
   • Klein will be in Brazil this week to join a debate on future tactics that is gradually reviving in websites across the world.
   • Jesus just fainted while on the cross, later revived in the cool tomb and then left.
   • The peasant movement, like the workers' movement, revived in the wake of the victory of the revolutionary armies.
2. 1.2 Give new strength or energy to.
   the cool, refreshing water revived us all

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   • It has been used for centuries to revive the spirits, enliven any evening and fend off the cold.
   • A moment later a burst of energy rushed through her, reviving her.
   • Clearly, something in the youthful blood revived the regenerative cells in muscle and liver.
   • Allow me to wet my lips in spring water, to feel its freshness, reviving freshness.
   • To read D. H. Lawrence is to be revived by the electric current of energy that flows through his words.
   • Yet the spectacle of a Japanese premier committed to reviving his country's competitive strength, even at the cost of his own career, has caught the imagination of voters and businessmen alike.
   • Therefore, due to a deceleration of external and domestic demand, we believe that counter-cyclical fiscal stimulus is necessary to revive the economy.
   • It's the thing that renews us and revives us in every generation.
   • True, they had no shower gel at the time and the heat treatments softened the grit and grim for removal while the cold waters revived the weary bather.
   • We also agree with the president's remedy for reviving the ailing economy by strengthening its fundamental health rather than giving it a shot in the arm.
   • Indulge yourself with the wide and varied treatments available to rejuvenate and revive your body and spirit.
   • And indeed the energy the anger generates revives me, and gives my head something to latch onto.
   • As soon as Jim was out of the shower, Blair went in, letting the hot water revive tired muscles.
   • Tea and refreshments will be served to revive the shoppers.
   • If you make a meal of your adventure, your spirit is revived.
   • They revived him with their water; fed him with their food; and healed him with their herbs dug up tenderly from the wet dirt by the lake, and time as well.
   • But some liquid refreshments revived everyone quickly.
   • Suddenly, water covered his face and the shock of the water revived him.
   • He always wants to pour out love and life; he always wants to forgive, to renew, and to revive us.
   • The technically advanced countries may some day have their moral consciousness revived by the horrors of science, once they failed to have it awakened by the wonders of the world.

   Synonyms

   reinvigorate, revitalize, refresh, energize, reanimate, resuscitate, brace, fortify, strengthen, revivify, rejuvenate, regenerate, renew, breathe new life into, enliven, stimulate, freshen
3. 1.3 Restore interest in or the popularity of.
   many pagan traditions are being revived

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   • Interest was revived in 1995 when a 60 kilometre coastal race from Mombassa was held.
   • We must revive the spirit of Bandung, as a part of an international movement.
   • Some European researchers have now revived the notion of dissociative processes related to somatic states and functions.
   • Morris dancing was revived in the early 20th Century by the Tabs.
   • Instead, we must revive efforts to strengthen international law and international institutions.
   • The concept was revived in the early 20th century by economists Joseph Schumpeter and Frank Knight.
   • Even as the southern protest movement achieved its civil rights goals, it also revived feelings of racial consciousness among African Americans.
   • Today, we desperately need to revive interest in and respect for the environment.
   • A new person would bring a fresh approach, a different outlook and revive any flagging interest.
   • Now a Labor premier aimed to challenge vested interests and revive reform.
   • Recent attempts to revive viticultural traditions and make wine have met with modest success.
   • Folk craft traditions have been revived and modified in response to the tourist trade.
   • The novel had a considerable vogue in its day, and bears witness to the religious and historical interests revived by the Oxford movement and the Pre-Raphaelites.
   • Now the topic is revived again, thanks to some deep digging from Izzy.
   • The city was forgotten until the legend was revived in the 19th century.
   • Would anyone be interested in reviving the Qabalah project, if it really isn't finished?
   • Bacon has successfully revived his career after allegations of drug use ended his run on children's television.
   • While film-making was revived in the 1980s, the output remains small and the budgets are low.
   • If any revived consciousness can be seen in the events leading up to and following on from Seattle it is an anarchist one.
   • The carnival at Marlborough is to be relaunched at a public meeting in the New Year in a bid to revive its popularity.

   Synonyms

   reintroduce, re-establish, restore, resurrect, relaunch, bring back, reinstall, reinstitute, regenerate, revitalize, resuscitate, breathe new life into, give a new lease of life to

   reinvigorate, renew, awaken, wake up, rejuvenate, stimulate

   archaic renovate
4. 1.4 Improve the position or condition of.
   the paper made panicky attempts to revive falling sales

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   • More stories like this one are inevitable as the recording industry makes war on its customers, in a doomed attempt to revive the industry's dying business model.
   • Wuxi-based CSMC revived the sale earlier this week by slashing the amount it intended to raise by half after investors shunned a previous attempt in June.
   • But in truth we have chosen to shelve the unification-independence dispute and focus on reviving the economy and strengthening Taiwan.
   • In the 1950s Caithness County Council, in a laudable attempt to revive the fishing industry on the island of Stroma, spent up to £30,000 on a new harbour.
   • A design firm hired by the school suggested sales might be revived by the creation of a new symbol for the school.
   • With the government's finances stretched, though, much of the burden of reviving the economy has fallen to the Bank of Japan, which, in theory, has limitless resources to print money.
   • The area's health trusts are battling to revive their critical financial conditions.
   • MFI has been struggling to revive sales and its shares have fallen more than 40% over the past year.
   • Don Drabble and Karen Christian have used their skills, enthusiasm and energy to revive the hall and its past.
   • A French, German, and Italian production that became another unprofitable film for Welles, the film was recently revived in a fully restored print.
   • This spring, instead of keeping up with fashions, it began selling dog supplies in an attempt to revive weak sales.
   • He revived Britain's international position by joining with Prussia in 1787 to win back from France the predominant influence over the Dutch.
   • A senior Palestinian official said an international inquiry into Israel's actions would be a condition of reviving the peace talks.
   • Hurd must try and revive morale while still improving HP's operations in the eyes of Wall Street.
   • When he jumped to Volkswagen's Audi division in 1972, he revived it with such improvements as permanent all-wheel-drive sports cars.
   • These are the latest attempt to revive a flagging peace process between striking security workers and managers who want to axe 150 posts and slash wages by 40 per cent.
   • A bill to revive trade on prewar conditions between Britain and France was defeated in Parliament.
   • His remarks were hailed by senior government sources as a ‘bold’ attempt to revive the Middle East peace process, which has appeared close to collapse in the last two years.
   • The reforms Japan has undertaken to revive economic growth fall somewhere between bland and modest.
   • They also learnt about traditional Jewish life in Europe before the Holocaust and attempts to revive Jewish communities after the fall of communism.