revivify

English

Etymology

From French revivifier, from Latin revivificare, corresponding to re- +‎ vivify.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈvɪvɪfʌɪ/

Verb

revivify (third-person singular simple present revivifies, present participle revivifying, simple past and past participle revivified)

(transitive) To reanimate, bring back to life.
- 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 26”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, OCLC 57395299:
  His pure tight skin was an excellent fit; and closely wrapped up in it, and embalmed with inner health and strength, like a revivified Egyptian, this Starbuck seemed prepared to endure for long ages to come, and to endure always, as now; [...]
(transitive) To reinvigorate or revitalize.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 256:
  Despite the patrician allure of much that Choiseul attempted, a renovating, technocratic spirit was abroad during his tenure of office which sought to rationalize and revivify government service [...].
(chemistry, transitive, now rare) To reactivate (a catalyst, reagent etc.).
(chemistry, intransitive, now rare) To become effective again as a reagent etc.

单词	revivify
释义	revivify English Etymology From French revivifier, from Latin revivificare, corresponding to re- +‎ vivify. Pronunciation (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈvɪvɪfʌɪ/ Verb revivify (third-person singular simple present revivifies, present participle revivifying, simple past and past participle revivified) (transitive) To reanimate, bring back to life. 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 26”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, OCLC 57395299: His pure tight skin was an excellent fit; and closely wrapped up in it, and embalmed with inner health and strength, like a revivified Egyptian, this Starbuck seemed prepared to endure for long ages to come, and to endure always, as now; [...] (transitive) To reinvigorate or revitalize. 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 256: Despite the patrician allure of much that Choiseul attempted, a renovating, technocratic spirit was abroad during his tenure of office which sought to rationalize and revivify government service [...]. (chemistry, transitive, now rare) To reactivate (a catalyst, reagent etc.). (chemistry, intransitive, now rare) To become effective again as a reagent etc.
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