reanimate

re·an·i·mate | \ (ˌ)rē-ˈa-nə-ˌmāt

reanimated; reanimating; reanimates

Definition of reanimate

: to animate or become animated again: such as

a : to bring (someone or something) back to life or to come back to life As the defrosting jellyfish seemed to reanimate under the faucet's running water, the restaurant's chef asked if he should salt the boiling water.— Jason Horowitz … Nathan would sit in the kitchen … watching Eleanor smoke cigarettes and squeeze lemons into her diet Coke, of which she drank sixty ounces a day—enough, as Major Ray often declared, to reanimate a dead body.— Michael Chabon

b : to regain vitality or to restore vigor and zest to (someone or something) When she reanimates, the words just spill from her, small speedy bubbles sliding under and around each other …— Andrew Corsello … serves to reanimate the old debates about the relationship between form and content …— Jed Perl