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.

Nearby words

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

Origin of reanimate

First recorded in 1605–15; re- + animate

Related forms

re·an·i·ma·tion, noun

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Examples from the Web for reanimate

Let that glorious pride, which once defied the British thunder, reanimate you again.
History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States, Vol. 1|George Ticknor Curtis
Natural philosophy, and also natural art, for in this the Greek reanimate was a nobler creature than the Greek who had died.
Ariadne Florentina|John Ruskin
Don Priamo wished to renew his youth; he was eager to reanimate his body with vital fires.
The Dead Command|Vicente Blasco Ibez
The sunshine lay upon the dead, as the prophet upon the Shunamite's child, but it could not reanimate.
The Long Roll|Mary Johnston

His affections seemed to reanimate towards them all, and his interest in their welfare again became perceptible.
Sense and Sensibility|Jane Austen

British Dictionary definitions for reanimate

reanimate

/ (riːˈænɪmeɪt) /

verb (tr)

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

to bring back to life

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