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REVIVE
Definition of REVIVE
verb
To cause (a person or animal) to recover from a faint; to cause (a person or animal) to return to a state of consciousness.
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Where it comes from
The verb is derived from Late Middle English reviven, revyven (“to recover from illness; to regain consciousness; to return to life after death; to happen again, recur; to be rejuvenated, renewed; (figurative) to bring back; (alchemy) of a metal: to be restored to its original form”), from Anglo-Norman reviver, revivre (“to return to life after death; to rejuvenate, renew; to make (a law or legal document) valid again”), Middle French revivre, and Old French revivre (“to return to life after death; to rejuvenate, renew”) (modern French revivre), and directly from their etymon Latin revīvere, the present active infinitive of revīvō (“to live again”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + vīvō (“to be alive, survive; to live”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”)). The noun is derived from the verb.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,343)
How it is built
Same root, REVIVE · 4 relatives in the game
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REVIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First found by a player on Day 132, 29 September 2026.
Built from these letters
REVIVE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEIRVV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and V appear more than once.
Words that start REVIVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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