give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
When something such as the economy, a business, a trend, or a feeling is revived or when it revives, it becomes active, popular, or successful again. an attempt to revive the British economy There is no doubt that grades have improved and interest in education has revived
If you manage to revive someone who has fainted or if they revive, they become conscious again. She and a neighbour tried in vain to revive him With a glazed stare she revived for one last instant
{f} resuscitate, bring back to life; renew, restore; reactivate, put into action again
restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state; "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina"
restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state; "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina" be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength; "Interest in ESP revived
return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection"
Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century