revivification

== English == === Etymology === Originally from Latin revīvificāt- (past participial stem of revīvificō (“revivify”)) +‎ -ion. In later use, from revivify (see -fication). Compare later revivificate, Latin revīvificātiō (1567 in a British source), and French révivification. By surface analysis, re- (“again, anew”) +‎ vivification (“giving of life”). === Noun === revivification (countable and uncountable, plural revivifications) The act of reviving; restoration of life. (chemistry, obsolete) The reduction of a metal from a state of combination to its metallic state. === References ===