revivify
verb/ˌriːˈvɪvɪfaɪ/
/ˌriːˈvɪvɪfaɪ/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they revivify | /ˌriːˈvɪvɪfaɪ/ /ˌriːˈvɪvɪfaɪ/ |
| he / she / it revivifies | /ˌriːˈvɪvɪfaɪz/ /ˌriːˈvɪvɪfaɪz/ |
| past simple revivified | /ˌriːˈvɪvɪfaɪd/ /ˌriːˈvɪvɪfaɪd/ |
| past participle revivified | /ˌriːˈvɪvɪfaɪd/ /ˌriːˈvɪvɪfaɪd/ |
| -ing form revivifying | /ˌriːˈvɪvɪfaɪɪŋ/ /ˌriːˈvɪvɪfaɪɪŋ/ |
- revivify something to give new life or health to something synonym revitalizeWord Originlate 17th cent.: from French revivifier or late Latin revivificare (from re- and vivify, from French vivifier, from late Latin vivificare, from Latin vivus ‘living’, from vivere ‘to live’).
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