re-animate

A form of reanimate — Being animate again.

Meanings

verbre-animate (third-person singular simple present re-animates, present participle re-animating, simple past and past participle re-animated)

present singular third person re-animates · participle present re-animating · participle past re-animated · past re-animated

  1. alternativeAlternative form of reanimate.

    The Objectives noted that: […] • the district of la Villette had to be re-animated – the park was not so much a lung as a heart

    2001, Alan Tate, “Parc de la Villette, Paris”, in Great City Parks, London; New York, N.Y.: Spon Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 60, column 2
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    It was possible, and sometimes she thought it probable, that his affection might be re-animated, and the influence of his friends successfully combated by the more natural influence of Jane’s attractions.

    1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter II, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume II, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 22

    Perhaps a corpse would be re-animated; galvanism had given token of such things: perhaps the component parts of a creature might be manufactured, brought together, and endued with vital warmth.

    1831 October 15, Mary W[ollstonecraft] Shelley, “Introduction”, in Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus (Standard Novels; IX), 3rd edition, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], published 31 October 1831, →OCLC, page x

    It was because there was no inspiration in the debased dogmas, in the decried instructions of paganism; it was because creeds, which are the life of the soul, were withdrawn from men; genius had to be re-animated under vigorous conditions; human thought had to be elevated; heaven had to be implored for what could not be found on earth.

    [1895?], A[mbroise] Rendu, “[History of the Church from the Death of Constantine to That of Theodosius] Illustrious Men of the Church in the Fourth Century”, in Theresa Crook, transl., The Jewish Race in Ancient and Roman History, London: Burns & Oates, Limited; New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Oh.; Chicago, Ill.: Benziger Brothers, page 388

    Although diehard DOOMers will no doubt revel in killing the thrice re-animated creatures, this is essentially a dead game in more ways than one.

    1997, Shane Mooney, Nintendo 64 Ultimate Strategy Guide, SYBEX, →ISBN, page 56

    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.

    2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Husks Codex entry
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