Re*vive", v. t. [Cf. F. reviver. See Revive, v. i.] 1. To restore, or
bring again to life; to reanimate.
Those bodies, by reason of whose mortality we died, shall be
revived.
Bp. Pearson.
2. To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring
into action after a suspension.
Those gracious words revive my drooping thoughts.
Shak.
Your coming, friends, revives me.
Milton.
3. Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive
letters or learning.
4. To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall
attention to; to reawaken. "Revive the libels born to die." Swift.
The mind has a power in many cases to revive perceptions which it
has once had.
Locke.
5. (Old Chem.) To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state;
as, to revive a metal after calcination.