Definition: 1. Cause to regain consciousness. 2. Give new life or energy to. 3. Be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength. 4. Restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state. 5. Return to consciousness.
Use 'revive' in a sentence:
1. The paramedics couldn't revive her.
2. China is expected to make new contributions to reviving the Asia-Pacific region.
3. Hope the economy can revive soon.
4. Hard times continued to revive popular demands for regulating business and softening the harsh edges of laissez-faire capitalism.
5. The clear and simple design of ancient Greece and Rome were revived in this period.
6. The temperance [ dry; anti-alcohol] movement revived in the city.
7. His interest in other matters did not seem to revive, and he grew apparently languid and depressed.
8. Fears are now being voiced that the planned construction of an oil pipeline across the lake's bottom might revive pollution and cause the fish population to decline again.
9. His trial revived memories of French suffering during the war.
10. Their efforts to revive him were futile.
11. These flowers will revive in water.
12. The Gaiety is reviving John B. Kean's comedy 'The Man from Clare'.
13. Let's revive it.
14. When will Banks revive?
15. But rainfall can revive them in a matter of hours.
16. So, why not revive Doha?
17. Could a new business model revive drug discovery?
18. They will not revive today.
19. The challenge of coping with automation underlines the need for the U.S. to revive its fading business dynamism: Starting new companies must be made easier.
20. They failed to revive her sagging spirits.
21. That will make it hard to revive Doha.
22. She and a neighbour tried in vain to revive him.
23. Rainfall can revive them in a matter of hours.
24. The challenge of coping with automation underlines the need for the U.S. to revive its fading business dynamism.
25. He is seeking advice on how to revive the stagnant economy.
26. Elizabeth now began to revive.
27. There were no nonsensical promises about reviving the economy.
28. That's the only way to revive Kunqu.
29. With a glazed stare she revived for one last instant.
30. The proposal is a thinly disguised effort to revive the price controls of the 1970s.
31. Mr. Cameron's team are not proposing to revive the non-coop policy that John Major tried during the "beef war" of 1996, another unhappy Tory European memory.
32. Great are Your mercies, O Lord; Revive me according to Your ordinances.
33. The company revived the finances of the Oxford Union with a generous £ 1m endowment.
34. Julia was given the kiss of life but she could not be revived.
35. Finally, Medics heal and revive other players.
36. Economists argued that freer markets would quickly revive the region's economy.
37. There is no doubt that grades have improved and interest in education has revived.
38. How to revive an ageing economy?
39. It was to revive local artisanship, "he said."
40. This is likely to revive consumer spending and a whole raft of consumer industries.
41. The timely rain revived the droughtstricken crops.
42. They made frantic attempts to revive him.
43. The win revived glorious memories of his championship-winning days.
44. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has indicated that he plans to revive a scheme put forward last year by the International Monetary Fund, which has not yet provided any relief.
45. What else can do this dry-out-and-revive trick?
46. The debate simply revived old hatreds.
47. She has been trying to revive the debate over equal pay.
48. By means of a few drops of strong cordial, the doctor revived the besotted corpse for a few minutes.
49. This movie is intended to revive her flagging career.
50. The bond market normally revives after the summer doldrums.
51. The economy is beginning to revive.
52. The air was fresh and for a moment she felt revived.
53. This 1930s musical is being revived at the National Theatre.
