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The term "revivify" is employed in literature to evoke a sense of restoration and renewal, both in literal and metaphorical contexts. It is often used to indicate the process of breathing new life into something that has withered or decayed, as seen in the imagery of a withered limb of Heaven receiving the universal Spirit [1] and the reanimation of lifeless objects, such as reawakening a dead corpse [2]. The word also serves as a metaphor for rejuvenating cultural, historical, or societal aspects, whether by reinvigorating past traditions and institutions [3][4], or by refreshing societal values and influences [5][6]. Additionally, more personal or abstract applications are evident when “revivify” is employed to describe the rekindling of emotional warmth or intellectual vitality, such as in the restoration of forgotten virtues or lost feelings [7][8].
  1. _20 Will not the universal Spirit e'er Revivify this withered limb of Heaven?'
    — from The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Volume 3 by Percy Bysshe Shelley
  2. He had to revivify the dead corpse, and put a fresh life into the stiff and motionless limbs.
    — from Ancient Egypt by George Rawlinson
  3. We are now trying to revivify past traditions.
    — from British Manufacturing Industries: Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by John Hungerford Pollen
  4. Prof. Church has in this story sought to revivify that most interesting period, the last days of the Roman Republic.
    — from Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
  5. In the presence of these monstrous catastrophes which both devastate and revivify civilization, one hesitates to sit in judgment on the details.
    — from Ninety-Three by Victor Hugo
  6. Control your own solar system that it may warm and revivify you with an ever recurring spring!
    — from The Life Everlasting: A Reality of Romance by Marie Corelli
  7. My love for Mr. Fairfax died out long ago, and nothing could revivify the cold ashes.
    — from Under Lock and Key: A Story. Volume 2 (of 3) by T. W. (Thomas Wilkinson) Speight
  8. The thought that he could revivify her by the very strength of his overflowing love took him forward a step.
    — from The Secret of the Storm Country by Grace Miller White

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