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  • verb Present participle of revivify.

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Examples

  • The Rev. Geoffrey Mountain, who came to assist the Avonlea minister in revivifying the dry bones thereof, knew this and reveled in the knowledge.

    Further Chronicles of Avonlea Lucy Maud 1920

  • The central dilemma for Labour Party members in this election was whether to support David Miliband, the most credible and accomplished candidate in the field -- who also conducted the broadest and most interesting campaign -- knowing that by electing him Leader, they risked revivifying the now discredited New Labour, Blairite establishment of the Party.

    Larry Abrams: UK Labour Leadership Elections: The Brothers Miliband Larry Abrams 2010

  • And that's because every new defeat or loss in life we experience has a way of revivifying every other previous defeat or loss we experienced, including the broken dreams of our own childhoods.

    Leslie King, LCSW: Confront Your Own Memories To Help Your Child Cope LCSW Leslie King 2011

  • And that's because every new defeat or loss in life we experience has a way of revivifying every other previous defeat or loss we experienced, including the broken dreams of our own childhoods.

    Leslie King, LCSW: Confront Your Own Memories To Help Your Child Cope LCSW Leslie King 2011

  • And that's because every new defeat or loss in life we experience has a way of revivifying every other previous defeat or loss we experienced, including the broken dreams of our own childhoods.

    Leslie King, LCSW: Confront Your Own Memories To Help Your Child Cope LCSW Leslie King 2011

  • In fact, the very nature of what was revivifying Christian is now a very open question, as are its motives.

    Like the title of a SciFi novel : Bev Vincent 2009

  • And in his barren old age, when women and feasting were a weariness, and when old hates had smouldered down, he desired more and more the revivifying fire that came liquid out of bottles — out of all sorts of bottles — for he remembered them well.

    THE JOKERS OF NEW GIBBON 2010

  • The central dilemma for Labour Party members in this election was whether to support David Miliband, the most credible and accomplished candidate in the field -- who also conducted the broadest and most interesting campaign -- knowing that by electing him Leader, they risked revivifying the now discredited New Labour, Blairite establishment of the Party.

    Larry Abrams: UK Labour Leadership Elections: The Brothers Miliband Larry Abrams 2010

  • The film project connects with Dan's plan to honour his family by revivifying the vodka brand in an odd way.

    Dan Edelstyn: My quest for the family spirit Stuart Jeffries 2010

  • The central dilemma for Labour Party members in this election was whether to support David Miliband, the most credible and accomplished candidate in the field -- who also conducted the broadest and most interesting campaign -- knowing that by electing him Leader, they risked revivifying the now discredited New Labour, Blairite establishment of the Party.

    Larry Abrams: UK Labour Leadership Elections: The Brothers Miliband Larry Abrams 2010

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