Word of the Day

Revive

June 3, 2019

re-vive / rəˈvīv

 

verb   to restore to consciousness or life I dreamt my lady came and found me dead… And breathed such life with kisses in my lips That I revived and was an emperor. From ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare, 1564-1616 to renew or set in motion again But whenever affection is revived, there life revives. Vincent van Gogh, 1853-1890   to bring back to use Memory is the power to revive again in our minds those ideas which after imprinting have disappeared or have been laid out of sight. John Locke, 1632-1704   to cheer Men are not revived because they sing; they sing because they are revived. Aiden Wilson Tozer, 1897-1963   to put on (a play or movie) sometime after its premiere No producer should revive a play unless they have a very good reason for it. Timothy West, 1934-   to be renewed or restored The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also. Harriet Ann Jacobs, 1813-1897
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