'Reviving' definitions:

Definition of 'reviving'

adjective

Tending to impart new life and vigor to; "the renewing warmth of the sunshine" [syn: renewing, restorative, reviving, revitalizing, revitalising]

From: GCIDE

Revive \Re*vive"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Revived; p. pr. & vb. n. Reviving.] [F. revivere, L. revivere; pref. re- re- + vivere to live. See Vivid.]
1. To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into again, and he revived. --1 Kings xvii. 22. [1913 Webster]
2. Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century. [1913 Webster]
3. (Old Chem.) To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Reviving \Re*viv"ing\, a. & n. Returning or restoring to life or vigor; reanimating. --Milton. -- {Re*viv"ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] Reviviscence