reviction

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noun

revival (return to life, usually figuratively)

“c. 1682, Thomas Browne, letter to a friend to arise from the grave to return again into it, is but an uncomfortable reviction”

OriginLatin revivere →
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Meanings

nounreviction (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountablerevival (return to life, usually figuratively)

    c. 1682, Thomas Browne, letter to a friend to arise from the grave to return again into it, is but an uncomfortable reviction

Origin

  1. Latinrevivere
  2. Englishreviction

From Latin revivere, revictum (“to live again”), from re- (“re-”) + vivere (“to live”).

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APA

reviction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reviction

MLA

“reviction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reviction. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reviction,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reviction.

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