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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ACERVULUS

(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi


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International Coffee Day (September 29) is an occasion to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events occurring in places across the world. A day to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness for the coffee growers’ plight. Other countries celebrate this event on October 1.

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