Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Revive

Revive , intransitive verb

[French revivere, Latin 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. — Shakespeare
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 Chemistry) To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.

Revive , transitive verb

[Compare French 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. — Shakespeare
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 Chemistry) To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state; as, to revive a metal after calcination.