revive

re|vive [ rı`vaıv ] verb **

▸ 1 make (someone) become conscious again

▸ 2 succeed again

▸ 3 perform play again

▸ 4 feel something again

▸ 5 make someone feel better

1. ) transitive to make someone become conscious or alive again:

Attempts to revive him failed, and he died soon afterward.

a ) intransitive to become conscious or alive again

b ) intransitive or transitive if you revive a plant, or if it revives, it starts to look fresh and healthy again

2. ) intransitive or transitive to become or to make something become active, successful, or popular again:

Jenkins certainly has the ability to revive Australian women's tennis.

revive someone's/something's fortunes (=improve a situation for someone/something): The railroad revived the flagging fortunes of the town.

3. ) transitive to perform something such as a play that has not been performed recently

4. ) transitive to experience a feeling or memory again:

They enjoyed their chats as they revived memories of their youth.

5. ) intransitive or transitive OFTEN HUMOROUS to make someone feel better, or to start feeling better:

I need a cup of tea to revive me!

a ) revive someone's spirits to make someone feel happier or less tired:

It's amazing what a five-star hotel can do to revive your spirits.