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revivify

UK /ɹiːˈvɪvɪfʌɪ/verb

revivify is spelled R-E-V-I-V-I-F-Y: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, revivify means “To reanimate, bring back to life” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in revivify?

Letters8: R-E-V-I-V-I-F-Y
In writingabout once in every 40 million words; the 194,306th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is revivify?

Revivify appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce revivify?

  • UK /ɹiːˈvɪvɪfʌɪ/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of revivify

  • revivifies present, singular, he/she/it
  • revivifying participle, present
  • revivified participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does revivify mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

verb

  1. 1

    To reanimate, bring back to life.

  2. 2

    To reinvigorate or revitalize.

    Near-synonym: rejuvenate

  3. 3

    archaicTo reactivate (a catalyst, reagent etc.).

  4. 4

    archaicTo become effective again as a reagent etc.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Revivify in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense transitive:

LanguageWords
Spanishrevivificar

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does revivify come from?

Partly from French revivifier and partly from Latin revīvificō, corresponding to re- + vivify.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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