reanimate

Adjective

reanimate (comparative more reanimate, superlative most reanimate)

1. Being animate again.

Verb

IPA/ɹiˈænɪmeɪt/

reanimate (third-person singular simple present reanimates, present participle reanimating, simple past and past participle reanimated)

1. (ambitransitive) To restore (someone or something) to animation or life; to come back to animation or life.
   • 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...2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Husks Codex entry

   Synonyms:

   revive

2. To infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into.
3. To revive: to restore (someone in cardiac arrest) back to cardiac function.
   • Near-synonym: rescue

   Synonyms:

   rescue

4. to reinvigorate.
5. to put new animation (pictures) into.