Re*vis`it*a"tion (?), n. The act of revisiting.
Re*vi"so*ry (?), a. Having the power or purpose to revise; revising.
Story.
Re*vi"tal*ize (?), v. t. To restore vitality to; to bring back to life.
L. S. Beale.
Re*viv"a*ble (?), a. That may be revived.
Re*viv"al (?), n. [From Revive.] The act of reviving, or the state of
being revived. Specifically: (a) Renewed attention to something, as to
letters or literature. (b) Renewed performance of, or interest in,
something, as the drama and literature. (c) Renewed interest in
religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious
awakening; special religious interest. (d) Reanimation from a state of
langour or depression; -- applied to the health, spirits, and the like.
(e) Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of something,
as of commerce, arts, agriculture. (f) Renewed prevalence of something,
as a practice or a fashion. (g) (Law) Restoration of force, validity,
or effect; renewal; as, the revival of a debt barred by limitation; the
revival of a revoked will, etc. (h) Revivification, as of a metal. See
Revivification, 2.
Re*viv"al*ism (?), n. The spirit of religious revivals; the methods of
revivalists.
Re*viv"al*ist, n. A clergyman or layman who promotes revivals of
religion; an advocate for religious revivals; sometimes, specifically,
a clergyman, without a particular charge, who goes about to promote
revivals. Also used adjectively.
Re*viv`al*is"tic (?), a. Pertaining to revivals.
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.