transitive. To rouse, arouse; to bring to life.

transitive. To give or restore life to; = quicken, v.1 1. Also figurative. Obsolete.

transitive. Frequently in passive. To endow or invest with a soul (literal or figurative). Chiefly poetic in later use.

transitive. To quicken, give life to, vivify, excite.

To come or bring to life (now chiefly literary). transitive. To give or restore (actual) life to; to make alive; to revive or resurrect; to animate…

transitive. To give life to, to animate, to enliven or quicken; = vivify, v. 1.

transitive. To give life to; = quicken, v.1

transitive. To enliven, quicken.

transitive. To breathe (something) into; to inspire (a person) with. Also, to give breath to.

Chiefly poetic. transitive. To give form to; to impart life or spirit to; to animate. Cf. inform, v. 8c. Obsolete.

transitive. To breathe life into, to endow with life, give life to or sustain in life; to quicken, vivify. Also in extended use.

transitive. To give life to; to endue with life; to animate; to quicken.

transitive. To impart natural or spiritual life to, animate (a body, an individual). Also figurative.

transitive. To animate, infuse life into. Also figurative.

transitive. To cause to grow; to stimulate growth or development in; to animate, give life to. Also figurative. Now rare.

transitive. To animate mutually.

transitive. To animate, infuse with life; to inspire beforehand.

transitive. To give life to; to bring or restore to life; to animate (as the soul the body). Obsolete.

transitive. To endue with life.

To impart life or activity to; to quicken, vivify, animate. ? Obsolete.