Re*viv"er (?), n. One who, or that which, revives.
Re`vi*vif"i*cate (?), v. t. [Pref. re- + vivificate: cf. L.
revivificare, revivificatum. Cf. Revivify.] To revive; to recall or
restore to life. [R.]
Re*viv`i*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. révivification.] 1. Renewal of
life; restoration of life; the act of recalling, or the state of being
recalled, to life.
2. (Old Chem.) The reduction of a metal from a state of combination to
its metallic state.
Re*viv"i*fy (?), v. t. [Cf. F. révivifier, L. revivificare. See
Vivify.] To cause to revive.
Some association may revivify it enough to make it flash, after a
long oblivion, into consciousness.
Sir W. Hamilton.
Re*viv"ing (?), a. & n. Returning or restoring to life or vigor;
reanimating. Milton. -- Re*viv"ing*ly, adv.
{ Rev`i*vis"cence (?), Rev`i*vis"cen*cy (?), } n. The act of reviving,
or the state of being revived; renewal of life.
In this age we have a sort of reviviscence, not, I fear, of the
power, but of a taste for the power, of the early times.
Coleridge.
Rev`i*vis"cent (?), a. [L. reviviscens, p. pr. ofreviviscere to revive;
pref. re- re- + viviscere, v. incho. fr. vivere to live.] Able or
disposed to revive; reviving. E. Darwin.
Re*viv"or (?), n. (Eng. Law) Revival of a suit which is abated by the
death or marriage of any of the parties, -- done by a bill of revivor.
Blackstone.
Rev`o*ca*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being revocable; as, the
revocability of a law.
Rev"o*ca*ble (?), a. [L. revocabilis: cf. F. révocable. See Revoke.]
Capable of being revoked; as, a revocable edict or grant; a revocable
covenant.
-- Rev"o*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Rev"o*ca*bly, adv.
Rev"o*cate (?), v. t. [L. revocatus, p. p. of revocare. See Revoke.] To
recall; to call back. [Obs.]
Rev`o*ca"tion (?), n. [L. revocatio: cf. F. révocation.] 1. The act of
calling back, or the state of being recalled; recall.
One that saw the people bent for the revocation of Calvin, gave him
notice of their affection.
Hooker.
2. The act by which one, having the right, annuls an act done, a power
or authority given, or a license, gift, or benefit conferred; repeal;
reversal; as, the revocation of an edict, a power, a will, or a
license.
Rev"o**ca*to*ry (?), a. [L. revocatorius: cf. F. révocatoire.] Of or
pertaining to revocation; tending to, or involving, a revocation;
revoking; recalling.
Re*voice" (?), v. t. To refurnish with a voice; to refit, as an organ
pipe, so as to restore its tone.
Re*voke" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Revoked (?);p. pr. & vb. n.
Revoking.] [F. révoquer, L. revocare; pref. re- re- + vocare to call,
fr. vox, vocis, voice. See Voice, and cf. Revocate.] 1. To call or
bring back; to recall. [Obs.]
The faint sprite he did revoke again, To her frail mansion of
morality.
Spenser.
2. Hence, to annul, by recalling or taking back; to repeal; to rescind;
to cancel; to reverse, as anything granted by a special act; as, , to
revoke a will, a license, a grant, a permission, a law, or the like.
Shak.