Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Returning or restoring to life or vigor; reanimating.
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- verb Present participle of
revive .
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- adjective tending to impart new life and vigor to
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Examples
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This project has been helpful in reviving the economy and building economic institutions in Jenin and improving realities on the ground.
Wonk Room » Comprehensive Approach Builds on Existing Efforts Towards Two-State Solution 2009
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One of the best bits of the Victorian era that steampunk has gently been reviving is the manners and the politeness.
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I cannot thank you enough Ladia Lydia for again reviving our sence of what is right and good in this world.
Music Of Your Life 2009
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Maybe instead of letting someone who has NEVER run a company before running this country we allow someone who has tremendous experience in reviving failing businesses ...
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Since they represent the public sector, they are not that interested in reviving the market economy.
France's Perpetual Revolution Guy Sorman 2010
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They saw potential in reviving a technology used a century ago at the dawn of the auto age, then soon abandoned for cars.
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In the AP interview, he said he has no interest in reviving the program and instead would focus on alternative sentencing programs to reduce the prison population.
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn Provides Vague Ideas On Closing Budget Gap In Interview AP 2010
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In the AP interview, he said he has no interest in reviving the program and instead would focus on alternative sentencing programs to reduce the prison population.
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn Provides Vague Ideas On Closing Budget Gap In Interview AP 2010
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As you will see from their website, they specialise in reviving British films that are so obscure that even I have never heard of them.
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I believe that it might be useful in reviving the term, perhaps as you suggest as a stalking horse in divesting the Federal Government of its enormous power.
GHibbs commented on the word reviving
My adjectival use: 'You need to keep clear of a reviving lion!'
August 24, 2011