In recent decades, however, the form has been revived, and receives state-funded sponsorship.

While officials said that Mr. Kissinger's suggestion is not being pursued now, they differed over whether some form of the idea might be revived later.

During the Muromachi period (1333-1568), the form was adopted or revived by the general samurai class for educational purposes.

Hovering between operetta and grand opera, the Spanish musical form called zarzuela is revived periodically in this country by performers with requisite clout.

A long discarded form of the game has been revived in an ultramodern setting.

Around 1900 the form was revived.

The traditional form of the sonnet is revived in Britain, with William Wordsworth writing more sonnets than any other British poet.

In the face of the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931, this traditional form of popular self-defence was revived.

It has been a great delight to witness the breathtaking inventiveness with which the short forms have been explored and continuously revived.

Other indigenous forms are being revived in various ways across India.