different between enkindle vs revive

English

Verb

enkindle (third-person singular simple present enkindles, present participle enkindling, simple past and past participle enkindled)

1. (archaic, transitive) To kindle; to arouse or evoke.
   • 1603-06, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 3:

     That, trusted home, might yet enkindle you unto the crown, besides the Thane of Cawdor.

   • 1809, Philip Freneau, "Occasioned By a Legislation Bill proposing a Taxation upon Newspapers":

     "By them enkindled, every heart grew warm, / "By them excited, all were taught to arm, […]

Translations

Anagrams

• enlinked

English

Etymology

From Middle English reviven, revyven, from Old French revivre and Latin rev?v?, from re- + v?v? (“live”, verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???va?v/
• Rhymes: -a?v

Verb

revive (third-person singular simple present revives, present participle reviving, simple past and past participle revived)

1. (intransitive) To return to life; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
2. (transitive) To return to life; to cause to recover life or strength; to cause to live anew, or to prevent from dying.

3. (transitive, intransitive) To recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression.
4. (transitive, figuratively) To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate; to make lively again.
5. (transitive) To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.
6. (transitive) To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken.

7. (intransitive) To recover its natural or metallic state (e.g. a metal)
8. (transitive) To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state

Synonyms

• rediscover
• resurrect
• renew

Derived terms

Translations

Latin

Verb

rev?ve

1. second-person singular present active imperative of rev?v?

Spanish

Verb

revive

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of revivir.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of revivir.