1. (

• resuscitate ,
• revive ,

) cause to regain consciousness; "The doctors revived the comatose man" ;

2. (

• animate ,
• recreate ,
• reanimate ,
• revive ,
• renovate ,
• repair ,
• quicken ,
• vivify ,
• revivify

) give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" ;

3. (

• revive

) be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength; "Interest in ESP revived" ;

4. (

• revive ,
• resurrect

) restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state; "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina" ;

5. (

• come_to ,
• revive ,
• resuscitate ,

) return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection" ;