reviver
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Instead, the rapturous reception and £1.3bn-plus worldwide gross are clear indicators that Abrams, 49, is now Hollywood’s most trusted reviver of ailing franchises.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 30, 2016
He was the prime reviver of our ragged, treasured art.
From Time ● Jun. 21, 2012
The rest of you can Do yourself a favor by fixing a corpse reviver No. 2.
From Slate ● Dec. 30, 2011
Its growth as an arts institution was fueled by Wade F. B. Thompson, a nearby resident and reviver of the Airstream trailer line who died in 2009.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2011
The Vice-Chancellor made an order for a reviver, "no one appearing to oppose;" and, indeed, who could have appeared but a few ghosts of dead legatees to demur to the galvanising of this sepulchral business?
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various