revive
rih-VIVEverbMeaning to bring back to life, strength or use
Memory hook RE-VIVE: make it LIVE again. The droopy flowers perk right up after Ivy gives them a long drink: they live again! Water can revive a wilted plant.
A bucket of water revived the wilted tomato plants.
In context The old folk dance had nearly been forgotten, but a group of students revived it, learning the steps from their grandparents and performing it at the spring fair.
Similar restore, renew, bring back, resuscitate
Opposite extinguish, abandon
From Latin revivere, “to live again”: re (again) + vivere (to live).