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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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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
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