noun. The restoration to an effective condition (in which it can again be used to decolorize syrup in sugar-refining) of spent animal charcoal by reheating it in char-kilns, or by washing with hydrochloric acid, submitting to a kind of fermentation, and finally heating in the char-kiln.

noun. Renewal of life; restoration to life; resuscitation.

noun. In chem., the reduction of a metal from a state of combination to its metallic state.

noun. In surgery, the dissection off of the skin or mucous membrane in a part or parts, that by the apposition of surfaces thus prepared union of parts may be secured.

noun. Renewal of life; restoration of life; the act of recalling, or the state of being recalled, to life.

noun. The reduction of a metal from a state of combination to its metallic state.

noun. The act of reviving; restoration of life.

noun. The reduction of a metal from a state of combination to its metallic state.

noun. bringing again into activity and prominence

"This process is called revivification, and it is repeated until the accumulation of sulphur in the oxide is so great (45 to 55 per cent.) that it can be profitably sold to the vitriol maker."

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