Reanimate vs Enliven - What's the difference?
reanimate | enliven | Related terms |
To animate anew; to restore to animation or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to reinvigorate; as, to reanimate a drowned person; to reanimate disheartened troops; to reanimate languid spirits.
(obsolete) To give life or spirit to; to revive or animate.
To make more lively, cheerful or interesting.
Reanimate is a related term of enliven.
As verbs the difference between reanimate and enliven
is that reanimate is to animate anew; to restore to animation or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to reinvigorate; as, to reanimate a drowned person; to reanimate disheartened troops; to reanimate languid spirits while enliven is (obsolete|transitive) to give life or spirit to; to revive or animate.As an adjective reanimate
is being animate again.reanimate
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Etymology 1
From (re-) + (animate) (adjective)Etymology 2
From (re-) + (animate) (verb)Verb
(reanimat)enliven
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Verb
(en verb)- The game was much enlivened when both teams scored within five minutes of each other.