reviver

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Instead, the rapturous reception and £1.3bn-plus worldwide gross are clear indicators that Abrams, 49, is now Hollywood’s most trusted reviver of ailing franchises.

From The Guardian • Apr. 30, 2016

He was the prime reviver of our ragged, treasured art.

From Time • Jun. 21, 2012

The rest of you can Do yourself a favor by fixing a corpse reviver No. 2.

From Slate • Dec. 30, 2011

Its growth as an arts institution was fueled by Wade F. B. Thompson, a nearby resident and reviver of the Airstream trailer line who died in 2009.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2011

The importance of archæology as a reviver of artistic and industrial culture will be realised at once if the essential part it played in the great Italian Renaissance is called to mind.

From The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology by Weigall, Arthur E. P. B.