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reanimate

[ ree-an-uh-meyt ]

/ ˌriˈæn əˌmeɪt /

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verb (used with object), re·an·i·mat·ed, re·an·i·mat·ing.

to restore to life; resuscitate.

to give fresh vigor, spirit, or courage to.

to stimulate to renewed activity.

Origin of reanimate

First recorded in 1605–15; re- + animate

OTHER WORDS FROM reanimate

re·an·i·ma·tion, noun

Words nearby reanimate

realty, ream, reamer, rean, reanalysis, reanimate, reap, reaper, reaping machine, reappear, reapply

Example sentences from the Web for reanimation

But this reanimation of energy was but a transient phenomenoa It did not survive the first freshness of its exciting cause.

English Men of Letters: Coleridge |H. D. Traill
I lay till my heart stopped beating, my joints were wooden, and my four limbs corky beyond all hope of reanimation.

Summer Cruising in the South Seas |Charles Warren Stoddard
That was most wonderful—like a new birth, rather than a reanimation.

The Devil's Garden |W. B. Maxwell
Upon which he answered that he did not understand the art of reanimation.

Origin Myths among the Mountain Peoples of the Philippines |H. Otley Beyer

His bosom began to heave, his breath issued forth more freely, his glazed eyes showed signs of reanimation.

The Guerilla Chief |Mayne Reid

British Dictionary definitions for reanimation

reanimate

/ (riːˈænɪmeɪt) /

verb (tr)

to refresh or enliven (something) again to reanimate their enervated lives

to bring back to life