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re-vive´, v.i.; 1. To return to consciousness or life; recover life, vigor, or strength; become animated or invigorated anew; become active, operative, valid, or flourishing again. —v.t. 3. To recover from neglect or disuse; restore; as, to revive a play. 4. To renew in the mind or memory; reawaken; refresh.

—Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Fourth Ed. of the Merriam Series, 1934 (Alice and Sara Hall’s dictionary).