reanimate

Etymology 1

From re- + animate (adjective).

adj

1. Being animate again.

Etymology 2

From re- + animate (verb), probably after Medieval Latin reanimāre or French réanimer.

verb

1. To animate again.
   1. To restore to animation or life.
      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, →OCLC, PC, scene: Husks Codex entry
   2. To infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into.
   3. to revive.
   4. to reinvigorate.
   5. to put new animation (pictures) into.