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v. restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state; "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina"

resurrect, rise, uprise

v. return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"

resurrect, raise, upraise

v. cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts"

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regenerate, renew

v. reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership"

rejuvenate

v. make younger or more youthful; "The contact with his grandchildren rejuvenated him"

resuscitate, revive

v. cause to regain consciousness; "The doctors revived the comatose man"

vivify

v. make more striking or animated; "his remarks always vivify an otherwise dull story"

come to, revive, resuscitate

v. return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection"

revitalize, revitalise

v. give new life or vigor to

scale

v. climb up by means of a ladder

clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter

v. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

scale, surmount

v. reach the highest point of; "We scaled the Mont Blanc"

succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods

v. attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"

circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around

v. cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

gyrate, spiral, coil

v. to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"

hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride

v. get up on the back of; "mount a horse"

twirl, swirl, twiddle, whirl

v. turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"

eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl

v. flow in a circular current, of liquids

twine

v. make by twisting together or intertwining; "twine a rope"

whirl, birl, spin, twirl

v. cause to spin; "spin a coin"

whirl, tumble, whirl around

v. fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"

corkscrew, spiral

v. move in a spiral or zigzag course

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go down

v. be defeated; "If America goes down, the free world will go down, too"

sink, subside

v. descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair"

flop

v. fall suddenly and abruptly

drop

v. to fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets"

fell, drop, strike down, cut down

v. cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"

plunge

v. dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity; "She plunged at it eagerly"

tumble, topple

v. fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"

usurp

v. take the place of; "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke"

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