reanimate

• re-animate

From re- +‎ animate (adjective).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ɹiˈænɪmət/, /ɹiˈænəmət/

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reanimate (comparative more reanimate, superlative most reanimate)

1. Being animate again.

From re- +‎ animate (verb), probably after Medieval Latin reanimāre or French réanimer.^[2]

• IPA^(key): /ɹiˈænɪmeɪt/, /ɹiˈænəmeɪt/

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

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

      Synonyms: revive (transitive), revive (intransitive)

      • 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.

   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

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

reanimate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of reanimar combined with te