re-virēscō -, -, ere, inch, to become green again, recover verdure: iubet revirescere silvas, O.: Spes est . . . revirescere posse parentem, i. e. renew his youth, O.

—Fig., to grow again, be renewed, revive: sunt accisae (res), tamen . . . ad renovandum bellum revirescent: imperium, Cu.