\Re*vive"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Revived}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Reviving}.] [F. revivere, L. revivere; pref. re- re- +
vivere to live. See {Vivid}.]
1. To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live
   anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated. --Shak.
         The Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of
         the child came into again, and he revived. --1 Kings
                                               xvii. 22.
2. Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity,
   neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in
   the fifteenth century.
3. (Old Chem.) To recover its natural or metallic state, as a
   metal.

\Re*vive"\, v. t. [Cf. F. reviver. See {Revive}, v. i.]
1. To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.
         Those bodies, by reason of whose mortality we died,
         shall be revived.                     --Bp. Pearson.
2. To raise from coma, languor, depression, or
   discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.
         Those gracious words revive my drooping thoughts.
                                               --Shak.
         Your coming, friends, revives me.     --Milton.
3. Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as,
   to revive letters or learning.
4. To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection;
   to recall attention to; to reawaken. ``Revive the libels
   born to die.'' --Swift.
         The mind has a power in many cases to revive
         perceptions which it has once had.    --Locke.
5. (Old Chem.) To restore or reduce to its natural or
   metallic state; as, to revive a metal after calcination.