Breathe new life into an emirate, somehow (9)

I believe the answer is:

reanimate

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'breathe new life' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'an emirate somehow' is the wordplay.
'somehow' indicates anagramming the letters.
'an'+'emirate'='anemirate'
'anemirate' is an anagram of 'REANIMATE'.

'into' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for reanimate that I've seen before include "put new life in him!" , "Get excited again" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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