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
In her dingy apartment in the Bronx, Rose experiments obsessively with reanimation, using embryonic stem cells.
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2023
The reanimation, however, produced by the use of stimulants, is by no means a real gain; for he who feels tired and weary is best restored by nature herself.
From Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes by Aaron David Bernstein
