Meaning of re-animate | Babel Free

Definitions

Forma verbal. Verb. [B2]

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“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debased dogmas, in the decried instructions of paganism; it was because creeds, which are the life of the soul, were withdrawn from men; genius had to be re-animated under vigorous conditions; human thought had to be elevated; heaven had to be implored for what could not be found on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.”

“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.”

“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”

“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.”

“This scene re-members the Rembrandt painting The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp from 1632. The image honours the once famous Dutch physician, his contribution to medical science and a number⟳ of his contemporary surgeon colleagues who are also captured in the moment. It suggests that medicine has long depended on re-animating corpses for its own⟳ epistemological and legitimising ends.”

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