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Definition of "reanimate" [re•an•i•mate]

  • To give new life to: Her dancing reanimates the classical style. (verb-transitive)
  • To bring to life; evoke powerfully or effectively: a book that reanimates the Mayan civilization. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "reanimate" in a sentence
  • "If the Dems choose a different direction and "reanimate" this.."
  • "In 1984 he founded the Jimmie Heuga Center in Edwards to help "reanimate" MS patients through exercise."
  • "Yes, they actually used the word "reanimate," which is cute in a Frankenstein's monster kind of way."