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REVIVED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Given fresh life or vigor or spirit
Example:
stirred by revived hopes
Synonyms:
reanimated; revived
Classified under:
Similar:
alive; animated (having life or vigor or spirit)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Restored to consciousness or life or vigor
Example:
felt revived hope
Classified under:
Similar:
recrudescent (the revival of an unfortunate situation after a period of abatement)
redux (brought back)
renewed (restored to a new condition)
renascent; resurgent (rising again as to new life and vigor)
resuscitated (restored to life or consciousness)
reborn; revitalised; revitalized (restored to new life and vigor)
Antonym:
unrevived (not revived)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb revive
Context examples:
Eggs of crustaceans and caviar of African toothcarp fish also managed to survive in outer space for 2.5 years, with the embryos revived after returning to Earth.
(Mutated Terrestrial Bacteria That Return from Space Pose Threat to Life on Earth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
We moistened the parched lips, and the patient quickly revived.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Within a couple of minutes, the liquid revived the bacteria, which produced enough electrons to power a light-emitting diode and a calculator.
(New Type of Battery Created from Paper, Fueled by Bacteria, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The first money I laid out was to buy two young stone-horses, which I keep in a good stable; and next to them, the groom is my greatest favourite, for I feel my spirits revived by the smell he contracts in the stable.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
The huntsman drew off the wolf’s skin and went home with it; the grandmother ate the cake and drank the wine which Red-Cap had brought, and revived, but Red-Cap thought to herself: As long as I live, I will never by myself leave the path, to run into the wood, when my mother has forbidden me to do so.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Catherine's spirits revived as they drove from the door; for with Miss Tilney she felt no restraint; and, with the interest of a road entirely new to her, of an abbey before, and a curricle behind, she caught the last view of Bath without any regret, and met with every milestone before she expected it.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
The idea of becoming what her mother had been; of having the precious name of Lady Elliot first revived in herself; of being restored to Kellynch, calling it her home again, her home for ever, was a charm which she could not immediately resist.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
He put wine to my lips; I tasted it and revived; then I ate something he offered me, and was soon myself.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
He spoke calmly, however, without austerity, without reproach, and she revived a little.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Why had not Miss Woodhouse revived the former good old days of the room?
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
