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Revival - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Revival : (noun)
1: bringing again into activity and prominence; "the revival of
trade"; "a revival of a neglected play by Moliere"; "the
Gothic revival in architecture" [syn: resurgence, revitalization,
revitalisation, revivification]
2: an evangelistic meeting intended to reawaken interest in
religion [syn: revival meeting]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Revival : \Re*viv"al\, n. [Based on Revive.]
The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.
Specifically:
(a) Renewed attention to something, as to letters or
literature.
(b) Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, as the
drama and literature.
(c) Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and
decline; a period of religious awakening; special
religious interest.
(d) Reanimation from a state of langour or depression; --
applied to the health, spirits, and the like.
(e) Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of
something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture.
(f) Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a
fashion.
(g) (Law) Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal;
as, the revival of a debt barred by limitation; the
revival of a revoked will, etc.
(h) Revivification, as of a metal. See Revivification, 2.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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REVIVAL, contracts. An agreement to renew the legal obligation of a just
debt, after it has been barred by the act of limitation or lapse of time, is
called its revival. Vide Promise.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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REVIVAL, practice. The act by which a judgment, which has lain dormant or
without any action upon it for a year and a day is, at common law, again
restored to its original force.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of Revival |
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11hit: Grand Revival Concave Curio Cabinet http://huhr8.tk |
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juliagusti: Har haft favoritfilm-Revival i helgen. Juno, Pan's Labyrint, Happy Go Lucky, Man from Earth och Pirates of the Caribbean 1&2. Bra skit. |
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prasannavishy: @venkatananth Excllent post on WI cricket.Really their Revival is of paramount importance.Cricket is too boring right now |
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