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Verb
(literary) To give life to; to animate, make alive, revive. [from 14th c.]
(literary) To come back to life, receive life. [from 14th c.]
(intransitive) To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be roused, excited. [from 15th c.]
(intransitive) Of a pregnant woman: to first feel the movements of the foetus, or reach the stage of pregnancy at which this takes place; of a foetus: to begin to move. [from 16th c.]
