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animated

[an-uh-mey-tid]

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adjective

full of life, action, or spirit; lively; vigorous: an animated debate on the death penalty.

made or equipped to move or give the appearance of moving in an animallike fashion: animated puppets.

containing representations of animals or mechanical objects that appear to move as real ones do: an animated window display.

Origin:
1525–35; animate + -ed²

Related forms

an·i·mat·ed·ly, adverb

non·an·i·mat·ed, adjective

o·ver·an·i·mat·ed, adjective

o·ver·an·i·mat·ed·ly, adverb

sem·i·an·i·mat·ed, adjective

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un·an·i·mat·ed, adjective

un·an·i·mat·ed·ly, adverb

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Example Sentences

Bakshi has in turning animated characters into figures of real feelings.

He gets transfixed by beeping, animated things but has almost no such toys.

Yet that, as the animated video here shows, is what seems now to be happening.

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Bakshi has in turning animated characters into figures of real feelings.

He gets transfixed by beeping, animated things but has almost no such toys.

Yet that, as the animated video here shows, is what seems now to be happening.

Kids make a lot of mistakes about what is animated and what is not.

His creations, including links to animated videos, can be found here.

And their informative animated short on mercury has to be the best-looking treatment of its subject in existence.

Search for your local weather and the background image of your forecast is animated.

IF you are planning to make an animated commercial, you might go to one of the traditional animation houses.

The color scheme he used was tan on beige with animated stars glowing in the corners of each slide.

After an animated fortnight of debate, the votes have been cast.

He was having an animated conversation with the master of the house.

The result today, hangovers apart, is an increasingly animated debate about the dangers of hitting the bottle.

Va man who suffers from frontotemporal dementia, was amazed at how animated he became during a recent visit to the museum.

Tycoon did well in these tests, and several amusing animated films were rendered using its system.

Sperling was animated and engaged, seeming to revel in even the more technical details.

He then fixed wires to prop up his quarry in an animated pose.

As print publications move to e-readers, animated infographics will eventually become standard.

Animated explanation of how critical parts of the blowout preventer work.

These tropes of apology and forgiveness become especially animated in discussing the civil-rights era.

Click to play, and listen to, our animated chart on.

Merchandise includes animated and live-action imagery from the series and is also available in character product lines.

But face-to-face, their animated faces made a deeper impression.

The animated extraterrestrials will appear in the broadcast.

In reality animated series aimed at children come and go as rapidly as their live-action counterparts on prime time.

The admiration and value of family comes to light when a little girl plays with her toys in this animated short.

The satire mag is gearing up for a new decade of transgressive skewering, this time as an animated sketch-comedy series.

They will become interactive, animated and even change by the hour.

Bring the family for this delightful animated tale about conservation.

For the film, the simulator moved the hair and clothing in accordance with the previously animated characters.

If you're with kids, check the schedule for wonderfully animated readings.

The animated items are noted on the slide by a non-printing numbered tag that correlates to the effects in the list.

The aggressive drumming and geometric dance moves soon animated our entire group.

People still go shopping for animated films that will keep their children quiet, and for beloved blockbusters:.

Rare treat for lovers of animated and live-action short films and commercials-especially those shot on old-fashioned celluloid.

We are all animated by the same aspirations for our continent, that is to lift it up from its misery.

So did an animated version published a couple of weeks later.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used with object)

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.

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to prepare or produce as an animated cartoon: to animate a children's story.

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adjective

alive; possessing life: animate creatures.

lively: an animate expression of joy.

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 Middle English animat < Latin animātus filled with breath or air, quickened, animated (past participle of animāre). See anima, -ate¹

Related forms

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), -mat·ed, -mat·ing.

non·an·i·mate, adjective

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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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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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World English Dictionary

animated (ˈænɪˌmeɪtɪd)

—*adj*
1.	full of vivacity and spirit; lively
2.	characterized by movement and activity: an animated scene met her eye
3.	possessing life; animate
4.	moving or appearing to move as if alive: an animated display
5.	pertaining to cinematographic animation

'animatedly

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

animate

1530s, "to fill with boldness or courage,"from L. animatus pp. of animare "give breath to," also "to endow with a particular spirit, to give courage to," from anima "life, breath" (see animus). The adj. meaning "alive" is from c.1600.

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animated

pp. adj., 1530s, "alive;" see animate. Meaning "mentally excited" is from 1530s; "full of activity" from 1580s. The "moving pictures" sense is attested from 1895; of cartoons from 1897.

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