reanimate
verb (used with object)
to restore to life; resuscitate.
reanimation
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a word derived from
reanimate.
Example Sentences
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This is not a museum-piece translation, a dusty tablet behind glass, but a reanimation, a voice tugged up from the clay and made to speak again in a tongue that is ours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Ten years ago, these reanimation stunts were nutty and obscure enough to shoot down with ease.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2026
Because the film deals with death and reanimation, the composer favored instruments that rely on human breath and others that he then manipulated to “a really unnerving effect,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
Mr Kilty was the first patient at Queen Alexandra Hospital to undergo this specific surgical technique, called "facial reanimation", which was introduced at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust by surgeons Alex Goodson and Matthew Ward.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2023
No doubt even on the day before the sudden reanimation of the old house they had driven past and observed the evidences of long desertion and decay.
From Roads of Destiny by O. Henry
