reviviscent

English

Etymology

From Latin reviviscens, present participle of reviviscere (“to revive”), from re- (“re-”) + viviscere, verb inchoate from vivere (“to live”).

Adjective

reviviscent (comparative more reviviscent, superlative most reviviscent)

  1. Able or disposed to revive; reviving.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for reviviscent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Verb

revīviscent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of revīviscō
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