verb (used with object), re·an·i·mat·ed, re·an·i·mat·ing.
- to restore to life; resuscitate.
- to give fresh vigor, spirit, or courage to.
- to stimulate to renewed activity.
verb (tr)
- to refresh or enliven (something) againto reanimate their enervated lives
- to bring back to life
also reanimate, 1610s, in spiritual and physical sense, from re- “back, again” + animate (v.) “to endow with life.” Related: Reanimated; reanimating.