Other forms: revivals
A revival is a bringing back into life or use. A revival of interest, a theatrical revival, religious revival.
In theatre it means a new production of an old play, which is a technical term rather than a compliment. A religious revival is a wave of renewed fervour, a recurring phenomenon in American history. Of a fashion or a town it means coming back. Note revive; and that the Latin means to live again.
1nounrevivalA bringing back into life or use.
“The old steam railway has enjoyed a revival thanks to a group of volunteers.”
2nounnewA new production of an old play.
“The theatre is staging a revival of a classic comedy first performed in the 1890s.”
revival is a bringing back.
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷeyh₃- — to live
Latin
revīvere
Old French
revivre — to return to life after death; to rejuvenate, renew
Middle French
revivre
Anglo-Norman
reviver
Middle English
reviven
English
revive
English, today
revival
Built from
From revive + -al. revive The 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 Latin revīvere, the of revīvō (“to live again”), from re- + vīvō (“to be alive, survive; to live”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʷeyh₃- (“to live”)). The is derived from the verb.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA