adj
Meaning 1
Being animate again.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
reanimate
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verb
Meaning 2
To animate again.
To restore (someone or something) to animation or life; to come back to animation or life.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: revive
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To animate again.
To infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 4
To animate again.
To revive: to restore (someone in cardiac arrest) back to cardiac function.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonym: rescue
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rescue
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To animate again.
to reinvigorate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 6
To animate again.
to put new animation (pictures) into.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 7
give new life or energy to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- A hot soup will revive me
- This will renovate my spirits
- This treatment repaired my health
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: animate, recreate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up
History
Etymology
From re- + animate (adjective).
From re- + animate (verb), probably after Medieval Latin reanimāre or French réanimer.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: съживявам (sǎživjavam) — to animate anew
- Dutch: reanimeren — to animate anew
- Esperanto: reanimi — to animate anew
- French: réanimer — to animate anew
- Georgian: რეამინირება (reaminireba) — to animate anew
- Georgian: რეანიმაცია (reanimacia) — to animate anew
- German: wieder beleben — to animate anew
- German: reanimieren — to animate anew
- Hungarian: újraéleszt — to animate anew
- Japanese: 蘇生させる (sosei saseru) — to animate anew
- Japanese: 生き返らせる (ikikaeraseru) — to animate anew
- Japanese: 再活性化する (saikasseika suru) — to animate anew
- Korean: 다시 살리다 (dasi sallida) — to animate anew
- Portuguese: reanimar — to animate anew
- Russian: реаними́ровать (reanimírovatʹ) — to animate anew
- Russian: оживля́ть (oživljátʹ) — to animate anew
- Russian: оживи́ть (oživítʹ) — to animate anew
- Ukrainian: реанімува́ти (reanimuváty) — to animate anew