revival : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: revival	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for revival
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
revival n bringing again into activity and prominence; "the revival of trade"; "a revival of a neglected play by Moliere"; "the Gothic revival in architecture" Synonym(s): revival, resurgence, revitalization, revitalisation, revivification an evangelistic meeting intended to reawaken interest in religion Synonym(s): revival, revival meeting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Revival \Reviv"al\, n. [From {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.