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revivify

[ri-viv-uh-fahy] / rɪˈvɪv əˌfaɪ /
VERB
revive
Synonyms
STRONG
animate arouse awaken brighten cheer comfort console encourage energize enkindle enliven exhilarate gladden inspirit invigorate overcome please quicken rally reactivate reanimate reawaken recondition recover refresh rejuvenate rekindle relieve renew renovate repair restore resurrect resuscitate revitalize rouse solace strengthen
WEAK
bounce back breathe new life into bring around bring to come around come to life make whole snap out of it spring up touch up wake up
Antonyms
STRONG
agitate annoy bore break calm damage deaden depress destroy discourage dishearten dispirit dissuade disturb dull enervate hurt injure kill lose ruin sadden tire trouble upset weaken worry
VERB
refresh
Synonyms
STRONG
brace cheer cool enliven exhilarate freshen inspirit jog modernize prod prompt quicken reanimate recreate regain reinvigorate rejuvenate renew renovate repair replenish restore resuscitate revitalize revive stimulate update vivify
WEAK
breathe new life into bring around brush up
Antonyms
STRONG
antique break damage depress destroy discourage dissuade dull halt hurt kill ruin stop

Example Sentences

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“Living cultures take symbols and then revivify them and give them meaning.”

From New York Times • May 7, 2022

The effect of the literal trains and the physical doors is to revivify concepts that are so much a part of popular consciousness that they have become abstract, almost generic.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 6, 2019

If anyone can revivify the Frankenstein story, it’s adventurous, prize-winning British writer Jeanette Winterson.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2019

But Stevenson has also created a new dynamic of collection and dispersal to help revivify memory of the state’s ugly and sordid past.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2018

Edwards’s main aim had been to revivify Calvinism, modifying it for the needs of the time, and to promote a warm and vital Christian piety.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various

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