reanimate

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /riˈænəˌmeɪt/ UK /riˈænɪmeɪt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to restore to life or activity; to bring back into motion

The novel's hero tries to reanimate the dead with forbidden science.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to restore to life or... revive resurrectrevitalizeresuscitate rekindle reinvigorate

Opposites

kill deaden

Word family

Derived forms reanimationreanimator

Related forms animate animation animus

Etymology

From re- ('again') + animate, from Latin animatus, past participle of animare ('to give life to'), from anima ('breath, soul').

animare Latin anima Latin

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Topics

Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# reanimate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /riˈænəˌmeɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /riˈænɪmeɪt/

## Meanings
1. to restore to life or activity; to bring back into motion

## Examples
- The novel's hero tries to reanimate the dead with forbidden science.

## Synonyms
- revive
- resurrect
- revitalize
- resuscitate
- rekindle
- reinvigorate

## Antonyms
- kill
- deaden

## Derived Forms
- reanimation
- reanimator

## Related Forms
- animate
- animation
- animus

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: animare
- Root: anima

## Etymology
From re- ('again') + animate, from Latin animatus, past participle of animare ('to give life to'), from anima ('breath, soul').

## AI Etymology
Reanimate comes from re- ('again') + animate, from Latin animatus, past participle of animare ('to give life to'), from anima ('breath, soul'). The historical chain includes Latin animare and Latin anima. Older glosses in the chain include "again", "to give life to", and "breath, soul", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, reanimate is best read as compound and borrowing, yielding an English verb shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a verb, with the sense "to restore to life or activity; to bring back into motion". English derivatives include reanimation and reanimator; related forms include animate, animation, and animus. The result is an English verb whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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