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re·an·i·mate
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əˌmeɪt
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verb (used with object),
re·an·i·mat·ed,
re·an·i·mat·ing.
1.
to restore to life; resuscitate.
2.
to give fresh vigor, spirit, or courage to.
3.
to stimulate to renewed activity.
Origin:
1605–15;
re-
+
animate
Related forms
re·an·i·ma·tion,
noun
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reanimate
(riːˈænɪmeɪt)
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vb
1.
to refresh or enliven (something) again:
to reanimate their enervated lives
2.
to bring back to life
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
reanimate
1611, in spiritual and physical sense, from
re-
"back, again" +
animate
(v.) "to endow with life."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Mummification was used to preserve the body so that the deceased's eternal soul would be able to
reanimate
it in the afterlife.
Cases have been recorded in which recently infected subjects, deceased by means other than the virus, will nonetheless
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.
The brain remains far too complex an organ for modern medicine to master, let alone
reanimate
after parts of it die off.
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