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revive
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)
- (intransitive) To return to life; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
- (transitive) To return to life; to cause to recover life or strength; to cause to live anew, or to prevent from dying.
- (transitive, intransitive) To recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression.
- (transitive, figuratively) To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate; to make lively again.
- (transitive) To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.
- (transitive) To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken.
- (intransitive) To recover its natural or metallic state (e.g. a metal)
- (transitive) To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state
Synonyms
- rediscover
- resurrect
- renew
Derived terms
Translations
Latin
Verb
rev?ve
- second-person singular present active imperative of rev?v?
Spanish
Verb
revive
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of revivir.
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of revivir.
revive From the web:
- what revived interest in trade with the east
- what revives flowers
- what revive means
- what revived minecraft
- what revived feminism in the 1950s and 1960s
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encourage
English
Alternative forms
- incourage (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English encouragen, encoragen, from Anglo-Norman encoragier, from Old French encoragier from en- +? corage "courage". Displaced native Middle English belden, bielden (“to encourage”) (from Old English bieldan (“to encourage”)), Middle English bealden, balden (“to encourage”) (from Old English bealdian (“to encourage, make bold”)), Middle English herten (“to encourage, enhearten”) (from Old English hiertan, hyrtan (“to enhearten”)), Old English elnian (“to encourage, strengthen”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?k???d?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n?k???d?/
- Hyphenation: en?cour?age
Verb
encourage (third-person singular simple present encourages, present participle encouraging, simple past and past participle encouraged) (transitive)
- To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
- I encouraged him during his race.
- To spur on, strongly recommend.
- We encourage the use of bicycles in the town centre.
- To foster, give help or patronage
- The royal family has always encouraged the arts in word and deed
Synonyms
- bield
- embolden
Antonyms
- becourage
- discourage
Derived terms
- encouragement
- encouraging
- encouragingly
Related terms
- courage
Translations
French
Verb
encourage
- inflection of encourager:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- singular imperative
encourage From the web:
- what encouraged the growth of the advertising industry
- what encouraged migration to the west
- what encourages hair growth
- what encouraged the colonial transatlantic trade
- what encouraged the boston massacre
- what encouraged westward expansion
- what encourages lifelong learning behavior
- what encouraged immigrants to come to america
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