reanimate
See also: re-animate
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology 1
editFrom re- + animate (adjective).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editreanimate (comparative more reanimate, superlative most reanimate)
- Being animate again.
Etymology 2
editFrom re- + animate (verb), probably after Medieval Latin reanimāre or French réanimer.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editreanimate (third-person singular simple present reanimates, present participle reanimating, simple past and past participle reanimated)
- To animate again.
- To restore to animation or life.
- 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Husks Codex entry:
- 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.
- To infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into.
- to revive.
- to reinvigorate.
- to put new animation (pictures) into.
- To restore to animation or life.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editto animate anew
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Spanish
editVerb
editreanimate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of reanimar combined with te
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