Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
Source : WordNet®
revived
adj 1: restored to consciousness or life or vigor; "felt revived
hope" [ant: {unrevived}]
2: given fresh life or vigor or spirit; "stirred by revived
hopes" [syn: {reanimated}]