reanimate
verb (used with object)
to restore to life; resuscitate.
was reanimating
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past progressiveof reanimate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Arrive early to catch opener Jenny Lewis, who was reanimating classic L.A. rock moves way before it was fashionable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2021
With her silences, with her expressive self as well as with her words, Mrs. Herrick was reanimating it all the while they lunched and rested, still in the upper-rooms overlooking the garden.
From The Coast of Chance by Clarence F. Underwood
