Reanimate
[riː'ænɪmeɪt]
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Resuscitate, revive, bring to life, restore to life.
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Definition
v.t. to restore to life: to infuse new life or spirit into: to revive.—n. Reanimā′tion.
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Examples
- His affections seemed to reanimate towards them all, and his interest in their welfare again became perceptible. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Would to God, said Fitzurse to De Bracy, that aught could reanimate his own! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Doctor examines the dank carcase, and pronounces, not hopefully, that it is worth while trying to reanimate the same. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Here, however, an object presented itself, which rekindled their hopes, and reanimated their drooping spirits. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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