revivify

/riˌvɪvəˈfaɪ/

Other forms: revivified; revivifying; revivifies

To bring something back to life, or to inject new energy in it, is to revivify. A few days of rain can revivify an area that's been suffering a mild drought.

If you've been up late all week studying for a big exam, you might need a good night's sleep to revivify you. For some people, the short, dark days of winter are a little depressing, while the spring sunshine can revivify them. Anything that gives you new life or energy revivifies you. The Old French vivifier, "come alive," and the prefix re-, "again," are at the root of revivify.

Definitions of revivify

1. verb

   give new life or energy to
   synonyms: animate, quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, vivify

   come to, resuscitate, revive

   return to consciousness

   type of:

   arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate

   cause to be alert and energetic