About The Word Revival
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Revival
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What's The Definition Of Revival?
[n] bringing again into activity and prominence; "the revival of trade"; "a revival of a neglected play by Moliere"; "the Gothic revival in architecture"
[n] an evangelistic meeting intended to reawaken interest in religion Synonyms | Synonyms for Revival: resurgence | revitalisation | revitalization | revival meeting | revivification Related Terms | Find terms related to Revival: See Also | advance | betterment | improvement | mass meeting | rally | rebirth | regeneration | Renaissance | renascence | resurrection | resuscitation Revival In Webster's Dictionary \Re*viv"al\, n. [From {Revive}.]
The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.
Specifically:
(a) Renewed attention to something, as to letters or
literature.
(b) Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, as the
drama and literature.
(c) Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and
decline; a period of religious awakening; special
religious interest.
(d) Reanimation from a state of langour or depression; --
applied to the health, spirits, and the like.
(e) Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of
something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture.
(f) Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a
fashion.
(g) (Law) Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal;
as, the revival of a debt barred by limitation; the
revival of a revoked will, etc.
(h) Revivification, as of a metal. See {Revivification}, 2.
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