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