revive
[verb]
Synonyms: revitalize, awaken, bring round, come round, invigorate, reanimate, recover, refresh, rekindle, renew, restore

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Contrasted words: extinguish, put down, put out, quell, quench, suppress, inhibit
Related Words: gain, improve, recuperate, reanimate, regenerate, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, arouse, galvanize, quicken, stimulate, activate, energize, vitalize

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

re‧vive /rɪˈvaɪv/ verb
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: revivre, from Latin revivere 'to live again']

1. [transitive] to bring something back after it has not been used or has not existed for a period of time:
Local people have decided to revive this centuries-old tradition.

2. [intransitive and transitive] to become healthy and strong again, or to make someone or something healthy and strong again ⇒ recover:
The economy is beginning to revive.
an attempt to revive the steel industry
The doctors revived her with injections of glucose.

3. [transitive] to produce a play again after it has not been performed for a long time:
A London theatre has decided to revive the 1950s musical ‘In Town’.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

revive
verb
I. bring sth back
ADV. quickly, rapidly Banks and businesses had been rapidly reviving business activities in China.
suddenly
VERB + REVIVE try to trying to revive some of the old customs
help (to), help sb (to) the country's readiness to help revive the economic fortunes of its neighbours
PHRASES an attempt/effort to revive sth attempts to revive falling sales
be aimed at reviving sth an initiative aimed at reviving talks on the country's political future

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

revive
II. make sb conscious again
VERB + REVIVE try to
PREP. with They revived him with cold water.
PHRASES an attempt/effort to revive sb Attempts to revive her failed and she was dead on arrival at hospital.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲