Hypertext Webster Gateway: "reviving"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Revive \Re*vive"\, 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.
The Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of
the child came into again, and he revived. --1 Kings
xvii. 22.
2. Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity,
neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in
the fifteenth century.
3. (Old Chem.) To recover its natural or metallic state, as a
metal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Reviving \Re*viv"ing\, a. & n.
Returning or restoring to life or vigor; reanimating.
--Milton. -- {Re*viv"ing*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
reviving
adj : tending to impart new life and vigor to; "the renewing
warmth of the sunshine" [syn: {renewing}, {restorative},
{revitalizing}, {revitalising}]
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