Verb

(excit)

To stir the emotions of.

The fireworks which opened the festivities excited anyone present.

To arouse or bring out (eg feelings); to stimulate.

Favoritism tends to excite jealousy in the ones not being favored.

The political reforms excited unrest among to population.

There are drugs designed to excite certain nerves in our body.

(physics) To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.

By applying electric potential to the neon atoms, the electrons become excited , then emit a photon when returning to normal.

Verb

(reviv)

To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.

The Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into again, and he revived . 1 Kings xvii. 22.

The dying puppy was revived by a soft hand.

Her grandmother refused to be revived if she lost consciousness

To recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century.

In recent years, The Manx language has been revived after dying out and is now taught in some schools on the Isle of Man.

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To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.

Hopefully this new paint job should revive the surgery waiting room

To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.

Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning.

To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken.

The Harry Potter films revived the world's interest in wizardry

To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.

To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state

revive a metal after calcination.