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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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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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