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REVIVIFY
animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify
(verb) give new life or energy to; “A hot soup will revive me”; “This will renovate my spirits”; “This treatment repaired my health”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
revivify (third-person singular simple present revivifies, present participle revivifying, simple past and past participle revivified)
(transitive) To reanimate, bring back to life.
(transitive) To reinvigorate or revitalize.
(chemistry, transitive, now rare) To reactivate (a catalyst, reagent etc.).
(chemistry, intransitive, now rare) To become effective again as a reagent etc.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*viv"i*fy, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. révivifier, L. revivificare. See Vivify.]
Definition: To cause to revive. Some association may revivify it enough to make it flash, after a long oblivion, into consciousness. Sir W. Hamilton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TEMPORIZE
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
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