(~s, reviving, ~d)
1.
When something such as the economy, a business, a trend, or a feeling is ~d or when it ~s, it becomes active, popular, or successful again.
...an attempt to ~ the British economy...
There is no doubt that grades have improved and interest in education has ~d.
VERB: V n, V
2.
When someone ~s a play, opera, or ballet, they present a new production of it.
The Gaiety is reviving John B. Kean’s comedy ‘The Man from Clare’.
VERB: V n
3.
If you manage to ~ someone who has fainted or if they ~, they become conscious again.
She and a neighbour tried in vain to ~ him...
With a glazed stare she ~d for one last instant.
VERB: V n, V