reviviscent

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adjective

Able or disposed to revive; reviving.

OriginLatin reviviscens →
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Meanings

adjectivereviviscent (comparative more reviviscent, superlative most reviviscent)

comparative more reviviscent · superlative most reviviscent

  1. Able or disposed to revive; reviving.

    representing the reviviscent plants

    1781, J. Aikin, An Essay on the Plan and Character of Thomson's Seasons

Origin

  1. Latinreviviscens
  2. Englishreviviscent

From Latin reviviscens, present participle of reviviscere (“to revive”), from re- (“re-”) + viviscere, verb inchoate from vivere (“to live”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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