reanimate
To animate againTo animate again.: To restore (someone or something) to animation or life; to come back to animation or life.
» Karl tried reanimating the alien organism.
Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 sensesTo animate again.
(ambitransitive)To restore (someone or something) to animation or life; to come back to animation or life.
To infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into.
give new life or energy to
To revive: to restore (someone in cardiac arrest) back to cardiac function.
Near-synonym: rescue
To reinvigorate.
To put new animation (pictures) into.
Examples
8 sentencesKarl tried reanimating the alien organism.
Her husband looks like a reanimated corpse.
Today we will be learning to reanimate a corpse.
deHeute lernen wir, wie man einen Leichnam wieder zum Leben erweckt. — Waldelfe · CC BY 2.0 FR
You can't reanimate the dead.
ruМёртвых не воскресить. — marafon · CC BY 2.0 FR
deMan kann die Toten nicht wiederbeleben. — brauchinet · CC BY 2.0 FR
Adriano reanimated the dead nurse.
Translations
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Origin
From re- + animate (verb), probably after Medieval Latin reanimāre or French réanimer.From re- + animate (verb), probably after Medieval Latin reanimāre or French réanimer.
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Forms
reanimates, reanimating, reanimated, reanimated| Base form | reanimate · to reanimate |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | reanimates |
| Present participle | reanimating |
| Past simple | reanimated |
| Past participle | reanimated |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
9 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.