reviving

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noun

A revival; a bringing back to life.

Less commonScrabble 15

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of revive
nounreviving (plural revivings)

plural revivings

  1. A revival; a bringing back to life.

    I believe I may venture to say that I am not [mistaken] that where the divine life is implanted by the Spirit of the living God, that life admits of decrease and increase, admits of dreadful decays, and also of some blessed revivings.

    a. 1770, George Whitefield, Memoirs

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivetending to impart new life and vigor to

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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