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revivifying

revivifying is the present participle and gerund of revivify.

Meaning of revivify

Verb

revivify (third-person singular simple present revivifies, present participle revivifying, simple past and past participle revivified)

  1. (transitive) To reanimate, bring back to life.
    • His pure tight skin was an excellent fit; and closely wrapped up in it, and embalmed with inner health and strength, like a revivified Egyptian, this Starbuck seemed prepared to endure for long ages to come, and to endure always, as now; […]1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Knights and Squires”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 125
    Synonyms:
    revive
  2. (transitive) To reinvigorate or revitalize.
    • Near-synonym: rejuvenate
    Synonyms:
    revive, rejuvenate
  3. (archaic, transitive) To reactivate (a catalyst, reagent etc.).
  4. (archaic, intransitive) To become effective again as a reagent etc.

Questions about revivifying

What is revivifying the present participle and gerund of?
Revivifying is the present participle and gerund of revivify.

Words near revivifying in the dictionary

  1. revivified
  2. revivifier
  3. revivifiers
  4. revivifies
  5. revivify
  6. revivifying
  7. reviving
  8. revivingly
  9. revivings
  10. reviviscence
  11. reviviscences

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