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revivify(dictionary)

revivify (iou)



revivify verb. L17.
[French revivifier or late Latin revivificare, formed as RE- + VIVIFY.]
verb trans. Restore to animation or activity; revive, reinvigorate; put new life into. L17.
W. S. Churchill On the coasts of Newfoundland English fishermen had revivified the earliest colony of the Crown. J. Barzun Old habits return, revivified by a word or..incident.
Chemistry.
a. verb trans. = REVIVE 7. obsolete exc. Hist. E18.
b. verb intrans. Return to the metallic or uncombined state. Long rare or obsolete. E18.
verb trans. Restore to life; make alive again. M18.
J. C. Mangan I would spring up revivified, reborn, a living soul again. H. Drummond The biologist cannot devitalise a plant..and revivify it again.