(v. i.) To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live
anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
(v. i.) Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity,
neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth
century.
(v. i.) To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.
(v. i.) To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.
(v. i.) To raise from coma, languor, depression, or
discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.
(v. i.) Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as,
to revive letters or learning.
(v. i.) To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to
recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken.
(v. i.) To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state;
as, to revive a metal after calcination.
