Reanimate

//ɹiˈænɪmət// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To animate again.; To restore (someone or something) to animation or life; to come back to animation or life. ambitransitive

    "After the geth secure a location, they round up and impale dead and living bodies on mechanical spikes. The spikes rapidly transform these victims into withered husks, extracting water and trace minerals and replacing them with cybernetics. The cybernetics re-animate the lifeless flesh and tissue, transforming the bodies into mindless killing machines."

  2. 2
    give new life or energy to wordnet
  3. 3
    To animate again.; To infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into.
  4. 4
    To animate again.; To revive: to restore (someone in cardiac arrest) back to cardiac function.

    "Near-synonym: rescue"

  5. 5
    To animate again.; to reinvigorate.
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  1. 6
    To animate again.; to put new animation (pictures) into.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Being animate again.

Example

More examples

"Today we will be learning to reanimate a corpse."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From re- + animate (adjective).

Etymology 2

From re- + animate (verb), probably after Medieval Latin reanimāre or French réanimer.

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