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an⋅i⋅mate

  [v. an-uh-meyt; adj. an-uh-mit] verb, -mat⋅ed, -mat⋅ing, adjective
Use animate in a Sentence
–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, -ate 1

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')   
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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Word Origin & History

animate  (v.)
1538, "to fill with boldness or courage,"from L. animatus pp. of animare "give breath to," from anima "life, breath" (see animus). The adj. meaning "alive" is from 1605. Animated "full of activity" is from 1585. In ref. to "moving pictures" it dates from 1895; animation in the cinematographic sense is from 1912.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: an·i·mate
Pronunciation: 'an-&-m&t
Function: adjective
1 : possessing or characterized by life
2 : of or relating to animal life as opposed to plant life
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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