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an·i·mat·ed 
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Audio Help [an-uh-mey-tid] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| 1. | full of life, action, or spirit; lively; vigorous: an animated debate on the death penalty. |
| 2. | made or equipped to move or give the appearance of moving in an animallike fashion: animated puppets. |
| 3. | containing representations of animals or mechanical objects that appear to move as real ones do: an animated window display. |
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an·i·mate
Audio Help [v. an-uh-meyt; adj. an-uh-mit] Pronunciation Key verb, -mat·ed, -mat·ing, adjective
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Audio Help [v. an-uh-meyt; adj. an-uh-mit] Pronunciation Key verb, -mat·ed, -mat·ing, adjective –verb (used with object)
–adjective
| 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. |
| 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]
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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
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tr.v. an·i·mat·ed, an·i·mat·ing, an·i·mates
adj. (ān'ə-mĭt)
[Latin animāre, animāt-, from anima, soul; see anə- in Indo-European roots.] an'i·ma·cy n. |
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| an·i·mat·ed
Audio Help (ān'ə-mā'tĭd) Pronunciation Key
adj.
an'i·mat'ed·ly adv. |
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| animated | |
adjective | |
| 1. | having life or vigor or spirit; "an animated and expressive face"; "animated conversation"; "became very animated when he heard the good news" [ant: unanimated] |
| 2. | made to appear to move as living creatures do; "an animated cartoon"; "animated puppets" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ˈanimated1 [-mei-] adjective
lively
Example: An animated discussion.
ˈanimated2 [-mei-] adjectiveExample: An animated discussion.
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made to move as if alive
Example: animated dolls/cartoons
See also: animateExample: animated dolls/cartoons
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Main Entry: an·i·mat·ed
Pronunciation: -"mAt-&d
Function: adjective
1 : endowed with life or the qualities of life
2 : full of movement and activity
| Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc. |
Animated
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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