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1 should revive the soldier’s hearts 5 
Because I ever found them as myself. Shakspcare. 
To bring again into notice. 
He’ll use me as he does my betters, 
Publish my life, my will, my letters. 
Revive the libels born to die, 
Which Pope must bear as well as I. Swift. 
[In chymistry.] To recover from a mixed state. 
REVI'VER, s. That which invigorates or revives. Sher¬ 
wood. —One who brings again into notice, or redeems from 
neglect.—The authors or late revivers of all these sects or 
opinions were learned. Milton. 
REVI'VING, s. Act of recomforting or restoring to hope. 
—-They who are too scrupulous, and dejected of spirit, 
might be often strengthened with wise consolations, and re- 
vivings. Milton. 
To REVIVI'FICATE. v. a. [re and vivifico, Lat.] To 
recall to life. 
REVIVIFICA'TION, s. The act of recalling to life.-— 
The resurrection or revivification (for the word signifies no 
more than so) is common to both. More. 
To REVIVI'FY, v. a. To recall to life.—That the gross 
matter which they saw laid in the grave and turn to corrup¬ 
tion, or burnt into ashes and blown away by the air, should 
ever be raised, or collected again, and revivified, of this the 
most speculative among them had no conception. Stack- 
house. 
REVIVOR, or Reviver, Bill of, is where a bill has 
been exhibited in chancery against one who answers: but, 
before the cause is heard, or at least before the decree is 
enrolled, one of the party dies. 
In this case, a bill of revivor must be brought, praying 
the former proceedings may stand revived, and be put in the 
same condition as at the time of the abatement. 
REVIVI'SCENCE, or Re vivi'scency, s. [ revivisco, revi- 
viscentia, Lat. Of this useful expression Dr. Johnson has 
brought only a solitary instance from Burnet. Reviviscencc 
was as common as reviviscency. Todd. ] Renewal of life; re¬ 
newal of existence.—Neither will the life of the soul alone con¬ 
tinuing amount to the reviviscence of the whole man. Pearson. 
—Scripture makes mention of a restitution and reviviscency 
of all things at the end of the world. Burnet. —The Stoicks 
asserted a conflagration and reviviscence of the world. 
Whitby. 
REU'NION, s. Return to a state of juncture, cohesion, or 
coneord. 
To REUNI'TE, v. a. To join again; to make one whole 
a second time ; to join what is divided. 
By this match the line of Charles the great 
Was reunited to the crown of France. Shakspeare. 
To reconcile; to make those at variance one. 
To REUNITE, v. n. To cohere again. 
REUNI'TION, s. Second conjunction.—I believe the 
immortality of the soul; I believe the resurrection of the 
body, and its reunition with the soul. Knatchbull. 
RE'VOCABLE, adj. [revoco, revocabilis, Lat.] That 
may be recalled.—Howsoever you shew bitterness, do not 
act any thing that is not revocable. Bacon. —That may be 
repealed.—If that were not performed, the covenant became 
broke and revocable. Milton. 
REWOCABLENESS, s. The quality of being revocable. 
To RE'VOCATE, v. a. [revoco , Lat.] To recall; to 
call back. 
His successor, by order, nullifies 
Many his patents, and did revocate 
And reassume his liberalities. Daniel 
REVOCATION, [ revatio, Lat.] Act of recalling.— 
One that saw the people bent for the revocation of Calvin, 
gave him notice of their affection. Hooker.. —State of being 
recalled.—Elaiana’s king commanded Chenandra to tell him - 
that he had received advice of his revocation. Howell. —Re 
peal; reversal.—A law may cease to be in force, without an 
express revocation of the lawgiver. White. 
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To REV'OKE, 0 . a. [ revoquer , Fr. revoeo, 
repeal; to reverse. 
Without my Aurengzebe I cannot live; 
Revoke his doom, or else my sentence give. 
To check; to repress. 
She strove their sudden rages to revoke. 
That at the last suppressing fury mad, 
They gan abstain. 
To draw back. 
Shame were to revoke 
The forward footing for an hidden shade. Spenser. 
To REVO'KE, v. n. To renounce at cards 
REVO'KE, s. Act of renouncing at cards: used in no 
other sense. 
REVO'KEMENT. s. Revocation; repeal; recal. Little 
in use. 
Let it be noised. 
That through our intercession, this revokement 
And pardon comes. Shakspeare. 
To REVO'LT, v. n. [revoltare, Ital.] (To fall off 
from one to another. It denotes something of pravity or re¬ 
bellion.—All will revolt from me, and turn to him. Shak¬ 
speare. —To change. Not in use. 
You are already love’s firm votary. 
And cannot soon revolt and change your mind. Shakspeare. 
To REVO'LT, v. a. [ revolt-are, Ital. revolvo, Lat.] 
To turn; “ to revolt; to put to flight; to overturn ; to 
overwhelm.” 
As a thunderbolt 
Perceth the yielding ayre, and doth displace 
The soring clouds into sad showres ymolt; 
So to her yold the flames, and did their force revolt. 
Spenser. 
Lat.] To 
Dryden. 
Spenser. 
So bold an assertion hath revolted the more experienced 
criticks. Warburton. 
REVO'LT s. [revolte, Fr. from the verb.] Desertion; 
change of sides.—He was greatly strengthened, and the 
enemy as much enfeebled by daily revolts. Ralegh .— 
A revolter; one who changes sides. Not in use. 
You ingrate revolts, 
You bloody Neros, ripping up the womb 
Of your dear mother England. Shakspeare. 
Gross departure from duty. 
Your daughter hath made a gross revolt; 
Tying her duty, beauty, wit, and fortunes 
To an extravagant and wheeling stranger. Shakspeare. 
REVO'LTED, part. Having swerved from duty. 
Thou single hast maintain’d 
Against revolted multitudes the cause 
Of truth. Milton. 
REVO'LTER, s. One who changes sides; a deserter; 
a renegade. 
Fair honour that thou dost thy God, in trusting 
He will accept thee to defend his cause, 
A murderer, a revolter, and a robber. AVillon. 
RE'VOLUBLE, adj. [revoluble , Fr.] That may re¬ 
volve. Cotgrave and Sherwood. 
To REVO'LVE, v. n. [ revolvo, Lat.] To roll in a cir¬ 
cle; to perform a revolution. 
Each revolving year, 
The teeming ewes a triple offspring bear. Pope. 
To fall back; to return.—On the desertion of an appeal, 
the jurisdiction does, ipso jure, revolve to the judge a quo. 
Ay life. 
' To REVO'LVE, v. a. [ revolvo, Lat.] To roll any thing 
round. 
Then in the East her turn she shines, 
Revolv'd on heaven’s great axis. 
Milton. 
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