v (transitive) To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
v (transitive) To recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century.
v (transitive) To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.
v (transitive) Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning.