REVIVIFY (revivified)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: revivified   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does revivify mean? 

• REVIVIFY (verb)
  The verb REVIVIFY has 1 sense:

1. give new life or energy to

  Familiarity information: REVIVIFY used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REVIVIFY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they revivify    ... he / she / it revivifies   
Past simple: revivified   
Past participle: revivified   
-ing form: revivifying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give new life or energy to

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

animate; quicken; reanimate; recreate; renovate; repair; revive; revivify; vivify

Context example:

This treatment repaired my health

Hypernyms (to "revivify" is one way to...):

arouse; brace; energise; energize; perk up; stimulate (cause to be alert and energetic)

Verb group:

come to; resuscitate; revive (return to consciousness)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

revivification (bringing again into activity and prominence)

 Context examples 

It was a nauseous mess,—ship’s coffee,—but the heat of it was revivifying.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)