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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
an·i·mate       [v. an-uh-meyt; adj. an-uh-mit] Pronunciation Key verb, -mat·ed, -mat·ing, adjective
–verb (used with object)
1.to give life to; make alive: God animated the dust.
2.to make lively, vivacious, or vigorous; give zest or spirit to: Her presence animated the party.
3.to fill with courage or boldness; encourage: to animate weary troops.
4.to move or stir to action; motivate: He was animated by religious zeal.
5.to give motion to: leaves animated by a breeze.
6.to prepare or produce as an animated cartoon: to animate a children's story.
–adjective
7.alive; possessing life: animate creatures.
8.lively: an animate expression of joy.
9.of or relating to animal life.
10.able to move voluntarily.
11.Linguistics. belonging to a syntactic category or having a semantic feature that is characteristic of words denoting beings regarded as having perception and volition (opposed to inanimate).
[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME animat < L animātus filled with breath or air, quickened, animated (ptp. of animāre). See anima, -ate1]

—Related forms
an·i·mate·ly, adverb
an·i·mate·ness, noun
an·i·mat·ing·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. vivify, quicken, vitalize. 2. energize, fortify. Animate, invigorate, stimulate mean to enliven. To animate is to create a liveliness: Health and energy animated his movements. To invigorate means to give physical vigor, to refresh, to exhilarate: Mountain air invigorates. To stimulate is to arouse a latent liveliness on a particular occasion: Alcohol stimulates. 3. inspire, inspirit, hearten, arouse, exhilarate. 4. excite, incite, fire, urge, kindle, prompt.
—Antonyms 1. kill. 7. dead.
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an·i·mate       (ān'ə-māt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   an·i·mat·ed, an·i·mat·ing, an·i·mates
  1. To give life to; fill with life.
  2. To impart interest or zest to; enliven: "The party was animated by all kinds of men and women" (René Dubos).
  3. To fill with spirit, courage, or resolution; encourage. See Synonyms at encourage.
  4. To inspire to action; prompt.
  5. To impart motion or activity to.
  6. To make, design, or produce (a cartoon, for example) so as to create the illusion of motion.

adj.   (ān'ə-mĭt)
  1. Possessing life; living. See Synonyms at living.
  2. Of or relating to animal life as distinct from plant life.
  3. Belonging to the class of nouns that stand for living things: The word dog is animate; the word car is inanimate.


[Latin animāre, animāt-, from anima, soul; see anə- in Indo-European roots.]

an'i·ma·cy n.
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animating

adjective
giving spirit and vivacity 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Animating

An"i*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Animated; p. pr. & vb. n. Animating.] [L. animatus, p. p. of animare, fr. anima breath, soul; akin to animus soul, mind, Gr. ? wind, Skr. an to breathe, live, Goth. us-anan to expire (us- out), Icel. ["o]nd breath, anda to breathe, OHG. ando anger. Cf. Animal.]

1. To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.

2. To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre. --Dryden.

3. To give spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to inspirit; to rouse; to enliven.

The more to animate the people, he stood on high . . . and cried unto them with a loud voice. --Knolles.

Syn: To enliven; inspirit; stimulate; exhilarate; inspire; instigate; rouse; urge; cheer; prompt; incite; quicken; gladden.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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