revive

verb [I/T]

/rɪˈvɑɪv/

Definition

› to come back to life, health, existence, or use, or bring something back to such a state: [T] She tried to revive the unconscious woman. [I] My plants revived as soon as I gave them a little water.

(Definition of revive verb from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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