Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To give new life to.
- transitive verb To reconstruct or re-create.
- transitive verb To reinvigorate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To revive; resuscitate; restore to life, as a person dead or apparently dead: as, to
reanimate , a person apparently drowned. - To revive when dull or languid; invigorate; infuse new life or courage into: as, to reanimate disheartened troops; to reanimate drowsy senses or languid spirits.
- To revive; become lively again.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To animate anew; to restore to animation or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to reinvigorate
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Being
animate again. - verb To animate anew; to restore to animation or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to reinvigorate; as, to reanimate a drowned person; to reanimate disheartened troops; to reanimate languid spirits.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb give new life or energy to
Etymologies
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Examples
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If the Dems choose a different direction and "reanimate" this..
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In 1984 he founded the Jimmie Heuga Center in Edwards to help "reanimate" MS patients through exercise.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local jmeyer@denverpost.com ( 2010
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Yes, they actually used the word "reanimate," which is cute in a Frankenstein's monster kind of way.
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Some crossovers, however, had a little more clout to them – such as the New Mutants issues where the Beyonder killed the fledgling team, only to reanimate them later; it left emotional scars on the youngsters that lasted for quite some time.
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As Victor begins conducting anatomical experiments to reanimate the dead, he at first uses corpses supplied by the coroner.
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The only being he could think of with the ability to vanquish the reanimate.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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After a strange electrical disturbance in Stockholm, the newly dead beging to reanimate in morgues and cemeteries across the city.
Archive 2010-06-01 2010
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He sought to reanimate elements of traditional social structure and to employ institutions like the Council of Elders, formed in 1991, which occupied the building of the disbanded parliament.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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After a strange electrical disturbance in Stockholm, the newly dead beging to reanimate in morgues and cemeteries across the city.
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Gorbachev's glasnost and perestroika' -- openness and new thinking -- sought to reanimate the party, open society and follow a peaceful, constructive foreign policy.
Eric Margolis: Thank You, Mikhail Gorbachev, For Not Starting WWIII Eric Margolis 2011
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