[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

revive \revive"\, v. i. imp.  p. p. revived; p. pr.  vb.
   n. reviving. f. revivere, l. revivere; pref. re- re- +
   vivere to live. see vivid.
   1. to return to life; to recover life or strength; to live
      anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated. --shak.
      1913 webster

            the lord heard the voice of elijah; and the soul of
            the child came into again, and he revived. --1 kings
                                                  xvii. 22.
      1913 webster

   2. hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity,
      neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in
      the fifteenth century.
      1913 webster

   3. old chem. to recover its natural or metallic state, as a
      metal.
      1913 webster
see also:
revived reviving vivid 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

reviving \reviv"ing\, a.  n.
   returning or restoring to life or vigor; reanimating.
   --milton. -- reviv"ingly, adv.
   1913 webster reviviscence
see also:
reviv"ingly 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

reviving
     adj : tending to impart new life and vigor to; "the renewing
           warmth of the sunshine" syn: renewing, restorative,
            revitalizing, revitalising
see also:
renewing restorative revitalizing revitalising 

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