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Revive

To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.

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Verb group 18

Animate 84% connected

To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Animate 84% connected

To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet groups these verbs by closely related meaning.

Quicken 84% connected

To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet groups these verbs by closely related meaning.

Quicken 84% connected

To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet groups these verbs by closely related meaning.

Reanimate 84% connected

To animate anew; to restore to animation or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to reinvigorate; as, to reanimate a…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Reanimate 84% connected

To animate anew; to restore to animation or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to reinvigorate; as, to reanimate a…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Recreate 84% connected

To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to refresh after wearying toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; to divert; to amuse; to…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Recreate 84% connected

To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to refresh after wearying toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; to divert; to amuse; to…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Renovate 84% connected

To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Renovate 84% connected

To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Vivify 84% connected

To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to animate.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Vivify 84% connected

To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to animate.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 14

Arouse 76% connected

To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dor…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Boom 76% connected

A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Brace 76% connected

That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Energize 76% connected

To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Evoke 76% connected

To call out; to summon forth.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Expand 76% connected

To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Flourish 76% connected

To grow luxuriantly; to increase and enlarge, as a healthy growing plant; a thrive.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Regenerate 76% connected

Reproduced.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rejuvenate 76% connected

To render young again.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Restore 76% connected

To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to recover.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stimulate 76% connected

To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Suggest 76% connected

To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Thrive 76% connected

To prosper by industry, economy, and good management of property; to increase in goods and estate; as, a farmer thrives by good husbandry.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 5

Boot 76% connected

Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Republish 76% connected

To publish anew; specifically, to publish in one country (a work first published in another); also, to revive (a will) by re/xecution or codicil.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Resurrect 76% connected

To take from the grave; to disinter.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Upraise 76% connected

To raise; to lift up.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Refreshment 74% connected

The act of refreshing, or the state of being refreshed; restoration of strength, spirit, vigor, or liveliness; relief after suffering; new life or an…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Refreshment 74% connected

The act of refreshing, or the state of being refreshed; restoration of strength, spirit, vigor, or liveliness; relief after suffering; new life or an…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 10

Animate 92% connected

To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Quicken 92% connected

To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Reanimate 92% connected

To animate anew; to restore to animation or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to reinvigorate; as, to reanimate a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Recreate 92% connected

To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to refresh after wearying toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; to divert; to amuse; to…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Renovate 92% connected

To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Repair 92% connected

To return.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Resurrect 92% connected

To take from the grave; to disinter.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Resuscitate 92% connected

Restored to life.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Revivify 92% connected

To cause to revive.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Vivify 92% connected

To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to animate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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