the act of reviving, or the state of being revived.-renewed attention to something, as to letters or literature.-renewed performance of, or interest in, something, as the drama and literature.-renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest.-reanimation from a state of langour or depression; -- applied to the health, spirits, and the like.-renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture.-renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion.-restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal; as, the revival of a debt barred by limitation; the revival of a revoked will, etc.-revivification, as of a metal. see revivification, 2.