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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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 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 make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel.
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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 render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity.
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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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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Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick.
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The act of invigorating, or the state of being invigorated.
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The act of invigorating, or the state of being invigorated.
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of Quicken
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of Quicken
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Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success.
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Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success.
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To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard.
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To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.
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To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life and energy to.
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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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Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success.
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To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to animate.
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To rub or on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening; to sharpen by attrition; as, to whet a knife.
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