animate
to give life to; make alive: God animated the dust.
to make lively, vivacious, or vigorous; give zest or spirit to: Her presence animated the party.
to fill with courage or boldness; encourage: to animate weary troops.
to move or stir to action; motivate: He was animated by religious zeal.
to give motion to: leaves animated by a breeze.
to render or produce (a story, character, movie, etc.) by using animation: to animate a children's story;to animate the characters in a video game;an animated film.
alive; possessing life: animate creatures.
lively: an animate expression of joy.
of or relating to animal life.
able to move voluntarily.
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 of animate
1synonym study For animate
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Other words from animate
- an·i·mate·ly, adverb
- an·i·mate·ness, noun
- an·i·mat·ing·ly, adverb
- in·ter·an·i·mate, verb (used with object), in·ter·an·i·mat·ed, in·ter·an·i·mat·ing.
- non·an·i·mate, adjective
- non·an·i·mat·ing, adjective
- non·an·i·mat·ing·ly, adverb
- sem·i·an·i·mate, adjective
- un·an·i·mat·ing, adjective
- un·an·i·mat·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use animate in a sentence
A new RSA animated short featuring his talk is a critical reminder of how powerfully our tools shape our experience—and how easily that feedback loop can go wrong.
What Two Billion People Pay Attention to Is Still in the Hands of a Few Companies | Jason Dorrier | September 20, 2020 | Singularity HubPiracy has long been an issue in China—Disney’s 1998 animated version of Mulan also suffered in the China box office in part because of mass piracy before its official release.
Disney tailored ‘Mulan’ for China. It still ‘never had a chance’ at the mainland box office | Naomi Xu Elegant | September 20, 2020 | FortuneNotably, all of these films, most of which are animated, come from after the “Eisner era” of Disney films, known as the “renaissance” that began with 1989’s The Little Mermaid under former Disney CEO Michael Eisner.
Projects already in production include a nature docu-series and an animated series about inspiring women.
Prince Harry and Meghan have signed a wide-ranging Netflix production deal | radmarya | September 2, 2020 | FortuneAfter physical production shut down in March, TV networks and streamers sought out shows that could be produced remotely, such as animated fare and documentary series that rely on archival footage and interviews shot over Zoom.
‘Covid-proof production’: TV networks, streamers seek out show formats that can adapt to another shooting shutdown | Tim Peterson | August 14, 2020 | Digiday
It is the economic questions—about the gap between rich and poor—that animate the party now.
Andrew Cuomo Can't Ignore It Now: He's Weak Even at Home | David Freedlander | September 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOnce, the humanist idea used to animate the very core of the university.
Investors clearly believe in the value of patents and the inventions they animate.
New Calculations of U.S. GDP Finally Take Research and Development Into Account | Robert Shapiro | August 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHis fingers were rubbing back and forth on the photo, as if he was trying to animate his baby back to life.
I admire his vision in his domestic affairs and the deeply Jewish values that seem to animate him.
The birds, moreover, were singing merrily, and all Nature seemed animate and gay.
That which would have disheartened and disarmed other men, seemed only to animate him with all Macbeth's wild courage of despair.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 of 8 | VariousA new spirit would animate the community, from which we might hope the most happy results.
Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions | George S. BoutwellBut it was enough for that white-clad figure to stand revealed in the thickest of the carnage to animate the men to heroic effort.
A Heroine of France | Evelyn Everett-GreenHear from the grave, great Taliessin, hearThey breathe a soul to animate thy clay.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 | Ministry of Education
British Dictionary definitions for animate
to give life to or cause to come alive
to make lively; enliven
to encourage or inspire
to impart motion to; move to action or work
to record on film or video tape so as to give movement to: an animated cartoon
being alive or having life
gay, spirited, or lively
Origin of animate
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