Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of revive
plural revivings
- 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
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