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redivivus

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red·i·vi·vus  (rd-vvs, -v-)
adj.
Come back to life; revived: "defenders of the Imperial Presidency redivivus" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)

[Late Latin redivvus, from Latin, renewed : re-, red-, re- + vvus, living; see vivify.]

redivivus [ˌrɛdɪˈvaɪvəs]
adj
Rare returned to life; revived
[from Late Latin, from Latin red- re- + vīvus alive]


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