Revived

Part of speech: adjective, verb

Pronunciation: /rəˈvaɪvd/

Definitions

1. Brought back to life or awakened from unconsciousness ; returned to use, practice, or popularity after a period of decline or inactivity
2. Resuscitated or made conscious again after being unconscious or dead ; renewed interest or activity in something that had faded away
3. Restored to a living state or full awareness after being inactive ; reintroduced or revitalized something that was no longer common or in style

Etymology: The past tense "revived" is a plain inflection of "revive", so its story is really the story of the verb. "Revive" was built from two Latin pieces: "re-", meaning "again", and "vivere", "to live". Latin "revivere" meant literally "to live again," and the idea of coming back to life was its original core. The English verb took the word through Anglo-Norman and Old French, where "revivre" carried the same sense of returning to life or renewing, and it was in use in English by the Late Middle Ages. The verb's early senses were strikingly physical and medical. It meant to recover from illness or regain consciousness, and it could also describe a metal being restored to its original form in alchemy. Only later did the word stretch into the figurative sense of bringing back a custom, an interest, or a fashion, which is the sense the adjective and the past forms carry today.

Synonyms: resuscitated, restored, rejuvenated, renewed, revitalized

Antonyms: died, deceased, defunct, extinguished, vanished