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

Lucullus was thus enabled fully and faithfully to detail the arguments of the chief supporter and reviver in those later ages of the old Platonic Academy.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John