| word | revivify |
|---|---|
| definition | To give new life to; bring back to life. |
| eg_sentence | All their efforts to revivify the boys' club seemed to be getting them nowhere, till one of the board members had a great idea. |
| explanation | Worn-out soil may be revivified by careful organic tending. A terrific new recruit can revivify a discouraged football team, and an imaginative and energetic new principal can revivify a failing high school. After World War II, one European country after another was slowly revivified, their economies and cultural life gradually coming back to life. Notice that revivify looks like some other words with very similar meanings, such as revive, revitalize, and reinvigorate |
| IPA | revivify* |
Tags: mwvb::unit:22, mwvb::unit:22:word, mwvb::word, mwvb::word-cloze, mwvb::word-reverse, obsidian_to_anki
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