REAN'IMATE, verb transitive [re and animate.] 1. To revive; to resuscitate; to restore to life; as a person dead or apparently dead; as, to reanimate a drowned person. 2. To revive the spirits when dull or languid; to invigorate; to infuse new life or courage into; as, to reanimate disheartened troops; to reanimate drowsy senses or languid spirits.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI