Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Reviving; regaining life or animation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Able or disposed to revive; reviving.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Able or disposed to
revive ; reviving.
Etymologies
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Latin reviviscens, present participle of reviviscere to revive; prefix re- re- + viviscere, verb inchoate from vivere to live.
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Examples
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He thought it over as he wimbled his bonds, and the piece of news acted as a reviviscent breath to that old view of his -- of Donald Farfrae as his triumphant rival who rode rough-shod over him.
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He thought it over as he wimbled his bonds, and the piece of news acted as a reviviscent breath to that old view of his -- of Donald Farfrae as his triumphant rival who rode rough-shod over him.
The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy 1884
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