reanimate

English

Etymology 1

From re- +‎ animate (adjective).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹiˈænɪmət/, /ɹiˈænəmət/
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Adjective

reanimate (comparative more reanimate, superlative most reanimate)

Being animate again.

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

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

To animate again.
1. To restore to animation or life.
  - 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, OCLC 246633669, 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.
4. to reinvigorate.
5. to put new animation (pictures) into.

Derived terms

reanimatology
reanimator

Related terms

reanimation

Translations

to animate anew

Bulgarian: съживявам (bg) (sǎživjavam)
Dutch: reanimeren (nl)
Esperanto: reanimi
French: réanimer (fr)
Georgian: რეამინირება (reaminireba), რეანიმაცია (reanimacia)
German: wieder beleben, reanimieren (de) (medicine)
Hungarian: újraéleszt (hu)
Japanese: 蘇生させる (そせいさせる, sosei saseru), 生き返らせる (いきかえらせる, ikikaeraseru), 再活性化する (さいかっせいかする, saikasseika suru)
Portuguese: reanimar (pt)
Russian: реаними́ровать (ru) impf or pf (reanimírovatʹ), оживля́ть (ru) impf (oživljátʹ), оживи́ть (ru) pf (oživítʹ)