Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Come back to life; revived.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Alive again; renewed; restored.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Living again; revived; restored.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Living again; brought back to life. (Used as a
postmodifier .)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The phenomenon is of the first order of importance: the small insurrectionary movement which took the name of Jesus of Nazareth is simply the Jewish instinct redivivus -- in other words, it is the priestly instinct come to such a pass that it can no longer endure the priest as a fact; it is the discovery of a state of existence even more fantastic than any before it, of a vision of life even more unreal than that necessary to an ecclesiastical organization.
The Antichrist 1895
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Ah, its the "enthusiast of Muslim culture" aka the "closet Muslim" meme, redivivus.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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Mark sees JB as Elijah redivivus who paves the way for the Messiah.
More Mythicist-Creationist Parallels: Messiahs, Wisdom and Jesus James F. McGrath 2010
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Zwingli redivivus reputet mortuus bloguiescat en pace
#1 Biblioblogger Spot Now Open? James F. McGrath 2010
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John agrees that John paves the way for Jesus but he emphatically denies that John is Elias redivivus John 1:21.
More Mythicist-Creationist Parallels: Messiahs, Wisdom and Jesus James F. McGrath 2010
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He thought he had succeeded quite well, and the Master of the Hunt had given him permission to let loose in the Rominten Reserve what he called with pedantic joy Bos primigenus redivivus.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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He writes brilliantly, but it is high fantasy redivivus.
Recommend a fantasy novel to someone who doesn't like fantasy. 2009
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He spent time in Rome in 1524 and was regarded there as "Raphael redivivus."
This Beauty Still Beguiles Amy Finnerty 2008
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He spent time in Rome in 1524 and was regarded there as "Raphael redivivus."
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Was Cho Seung-Hui a Herostratus redivivus, a modern version of the fellow who burned down the temple of Artemis in Ephesus so he'd be remembered through time?
slumry commented on the word redivivus
see Lewisia rediviva
July 21, 2015