| VERB | body | perk up, perk, percolate, pick up, gain vigor | gain or regain energy |
|---|---|---|---|
| body | perk up, stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise | cause to be alert and energetic |
| Meaning | gain or regain energy. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | perk, percolate, pick up, gain vigor | |
| Broader | recuperate, recover, convalesce | get over an illness or shock |
| Spanish | reanimarse | |
| Catalan | reanimar-se, reviscolar-se | |
| Meaning | Cause to be alert and energetic. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise | |
| Narrower | animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify | Give new life or energy to |
| cathect | inject with libidinal energy | |
| enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate | make lively / lively | |
| invigorate, reinvigorate | Impart vigor, strength, or vitality to | |
| Broader | affect | act physically on |
| Opposite | de-energize, de-energise | deprive of energy |
| sedate, calm, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise | Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to | |
| Spanish | energizar, estimular, excitar, incentivar, suscitar, vigorizarse, vigorizar | |
| Catalan | estimular, excitar, incentivar, suscitar, vigoritzar-se, vigoritzar | |
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