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revival

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Revival  \Re*viv"al\,  n.  [From  {Revive}.] 
  The  act  of  reviving,  or  the  state  of  being  revived. 
  Specifically: 
  a  Renewed  attention  to  something  as  to  letters  or 
  literature. 
  b  Renewed  performance  of  or  interest  in  something  as  the 
  drama  and  literature. 
  c  Renewed  interest  in  religion,  after  indifference  and 
  decline  a  period  of  religious  awakening;  special 
  religious  interest. 
  d  Reanimation  from  a  state  of  langour  or  depression;  -- 
  applied  to  the  health,  spirits,  and  the  like 
  e  Renewed  pursuit,  or  cultivation,  or  flourishing  state  of 
  something  as  of  commerce,  arts,  agriculture. 
  f  Renewed  prevalence  of  something  as  a  practice  or  a 
  fashion. 
  g  (Law)  Restoration  of  force,  validity,  or  effect;  renewal; 
  as  the  revival  of  a  debt  barred  by  limitation;  the 
  revival  of  a  revoked  will  etc 
  h  Revivification,  as  of  a  metal.  See  {Revivification},  2. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  revival 
  n  1:  the  coming  again  into  activity  and  prominence  [syn:  {resurgence}, 
  {revitalization},  {revitalisation},  {revivification}] 
  2:  an  evangelistic  meeting 
  3:  the  conversion  of  waste  land  into  land  suitable  for  use  of 
  habitation  or  cultivation  [syn:  {reclamation},  {renewal}, 
  {rehabilitation}]




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