To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.
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Restored to life.
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Restored to life.
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To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
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To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
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To feel or apprehend more or less distinctly through a sense, or the senses; as, to sensate light, or an odor.
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To feel or apprehend more or less distinctly through a sense, or the senses; as, to sensate light, or an odor.
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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
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To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dor…
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That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…
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To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.
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To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a per…
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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…
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obs. p. p. of Shake.
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To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…
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To change the place of in any manner; to move.
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To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help…
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To infuse new life or spirit into; to animate; to encourage; to invigorate.
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Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
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Alt. of Sentiency
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Alt. of Sentiency
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Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.
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Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.
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To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…
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To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…
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To give life, action, or motion to; to make vigorous or active; to excite; to quicken; as, fresh fuel enlivens a fire.
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To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.
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To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
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To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life and energy to.
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To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite.
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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…
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To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to refresh after wearying toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; to divert; to amuse; to…
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To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew.
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To return.
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To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
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To cause to revive.
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Having a faculty, or faculties, of sensation and perception. Specif. (Physiol.), especially sensitive; as, the sentient extremities of nerves, which…
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To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to animate.
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To animate.
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To animate.
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Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish.
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Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish.
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