Reviviscency

Reviviscency
Reviviscence Rev`i*vis"cence, Reviviscency Rev`i*vis"cen*cy, n. The act of reviving, or the state of being revived; renewal of life. [1913 Webster]

In this age we have a sort of reviviscence, not, I fear, of the power, but of a taste for the power, of the early times. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]


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  • reviviscency — index recrudescence Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • reviviscency — rev·i·vis·cen·cy …   English syllables

  • reviviscency — noun see reviviscence …   Useful english dictionary

  • Reviviscence — Rev i*vis cence, Reviviscency Rev i*vis cen*cy, n. The act of reviving, or the state of being revived; renewal of life. [1913 Webster] In this age we have a sort of reviviscence, not, I fear, of the power, but of a taste for the power, of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • reviviscence — reviviscent, adj. /rev euh vis euhns/, n. the act or state of being revived; revival; reanimation. Also, reviviscency. [1620 30; < L revivisc(ere) to come to life again (re RE + viviscere, inchoative of vivere to live) + ENCE] * * * …   Universalium

  • recrudescence — I noun backsliding, eruption, fresh outbreak, lapse, new outbreak, reactivation, reanimation, reappearance, recidivation, recrudescency, recurrence, regression, reinfection, relapse, renewal, resumption, resurgence, return, reversal, reverse,… …   Law dictionary

  • reviviscence — /rɛvəˈvɪsəns/ (say revuh visuhns) noun the act or state of being revived; revival; reanimation. Also, reviviscency. {Latin *revīviscentia, inferred from parallels in French, Portuguese and Italian} –reviviscent, adjective …  

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