Revival

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.

II. Revival ·noun Revivification, as of a metal. ·see Revivification, 2.

III. Revival ·noun Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion.

IV. Revival ·noun Renewed attention to something, as to letters or literature.

V. Revival ·noun Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, as the drama and literature.

VI. Revival ·noun Reanimation from a state of langour or depression;

— applied to the health, spirits, and the like.

VII. Revival ·noun Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture.

VIII. Revival ·noun Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest.

IX. Revival ·noun Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal; as, the revival of a debt barred by limitation; the revival of a revoked will, ·etc.