To cause (a person or animal) to recover from a faint; to cause (a person or animal) to return to a state of consciousness. • To bring (a person or animal which is dead) back to life. • To cause (something) to recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity; to make (something) active or lively again; to reanimate, to revitalize. • To cause (a feeling, state of mind, etc.) to come back or return; to reactivate, to reawaken. • To renew (something) in one's or people's memories or minds; to bring back (something) to (public) attention; to reawaken. • To make (something which has become faded or unclear) clear or fresh again; to refresh. • To restore (a metal (especially mercury) or other substance in a compound or mixture) to its pure or unmixed state. • To give new validity to (a law or legal instrument); to reenact, to revalidate. • To put on a new production of (a musical, play, or other stage performance; also, a film or television programme). • To bring (someone) back to a state of health or vigour. • To rerun (an election). • To recover from a faint; to return to a state of consciousness. • Of a dead person or animal: to be brought back to life. • Of a person, animal, or plant: to return to a state of health or vigour, especially after almost dying. • To recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity; to become active or lively again; to reanimate, to revitalize. • Of a feeling, state of mind, etc.: to come back or return; to be reactivated or reawakened. • Of a metal (especially mercury) or other substance in a compound or mixture: to return to its pure or unmixed state. • Of a law or legal instrument: to be given new validity. • Of a musical, play, or other stage performance; also, a film or television programme: to have a new production put on.