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Revivification n.

Renewal of life; restoration of life; the act of recalling, or the state of being recalled, to life.

(Old Chem.) The reduction of a metal from a state of combination to its metallic state.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Revivification" Quotes from Famous Books

... Queensland there is a sense of revivification during the last half of August and first of September, and the soul of man responds thereto, as do plants and birds, in lawful manner. Perhaps it is that the alien dweller in lands of the sun, when ...

— Tropic Days • E. J. Banfield

... as active as before the experiment; two hours later, it was found dead.' The same effects, with slight variations, were produced on other flies. With ether, cessation of motion was almost instantaneous, followed, however, by revivification, except in one instance: brief immersion in chloroform did not prevent revival, but an exposure of eight minutes killed: camphor and turpentine were both fatal: with attar of roses, musk, or iodine, no ...

— Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 425 - Volume 17, New Series, February 21, 1852 • Various

Words linked to "Revivification" : improvement, betterment, Renaissance, renascence, resurrection, resurgence, revitalisation, resuscitation, revival, revivify