1. (

• animate ,
• recreate ,
• reanimate ,
• revive ,
• renovate ,
• repair ,
• quicken ,
• vivify ,
• revivify

) give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" ;

2. (

• vivify ,

) make more striking or animated; "his remarks always vivify an otherwise dull story" ;