revive in WordNet English dictionary

1. give new life or energy to
   "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
   animate  recreate  reanimate  revive  renovate  repair  quicken  vivify  revivify 
   
2. return to consciousness
   "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection"
   come to  revive  resuscitate 
   
3. restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state
   "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina"
   revive  resurrect 
   
4. cause to regain consciousness
   "The doctors revived the comatose man"
   resuscitate  revive 
   
5. be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength
   "Interest in ESP revived"
   revive