na. | 1. make the dead come back to life; bring back to life and health; bring new hope to a serious situation; bring sb. back from death; (of a doctor's skill) bring the dying back to life; effect a miraculous cure -- in praise of the skill of a doctor; raise sb. from death; restore the dead [dying] to life; (He) saved the life of the seemingly hopeless patient.; snatch a patient from the jaws of death |