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redivivus definition

redi·vi·vus (red′i vī′vəs)

adjective

restored to life; reborn; reincarnated: usually used metaphorically a Napoleon redivivus

Etymology: LL < L, renewed, renovated < red-, re- + vivus, living < vivere: see quick

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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