revivify

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  1. transitive verb To impart new life, energy, or spirit to. See Synonyms at revive.

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  • Perhaps through repetition of positive thoughts I can forge new synaptic connections in my brain and create fresh neural networks to revivify my cognition. —  First Draft
  • There is a natural process where nations are born, grow, mature, decay, and die, unless some event intervenes to revivify the nation, giving it new purpose and energy. —  The Aleph Blog
  • Obama's most fervent supporters hope that the president's stimulus package and ambitious budget will launch a "new New Deal" designed to restore confidence in the financial system, curb unemployment, revivify the housing market and rebuild America's decaying highways and schools. —  The Nation: Top Stories
  • Like Mozart, Haydn tried to revivify this dated and stilted form, but with less success. —  Boston Phoenix - thePhoenix.com
  • Their input into debates on his plan to revivify and transform the United States economy is a key focus of this effort. —  open Democracy News Analysis - Comments
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  1. French revivifier, from Old French, to come back to life, from Latin *revīvificāre, to revivify : Latin re-, re- + Latin vīvificāre, to vivify; see vivify.

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  1. from Old French revivifier, French révivifier = Spanish Portuguese revivificar = It revivificare, from Middle Latin revivificare (Late Latin in past participle revivificatus), restore to life, from Latin re-, again, + Late Latin vivificare, restore to life: see vivify.
 

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