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Definitions for Animate
[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 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.
[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).
[12] to give life to or cause to come alive
[13] to make lively; enliven
[14] to encourage or inspire
[15] to impart motion to; move to action or work
[16] to record on film or video tape so as to give movement to an animated cartoon
[17] being alive or having life
[18] gay, spirited, or lively
Words related to Animate
inspire, energize, enliven, excite, exalt, hearten, living, live, breathing, moving, spirited, animated, alert, activated, activate, move, arouse, vivify, quicken, incite
Words nearby Animate
animalist, animalistic, animality, animalize, animally, animate, animated, animated cartoon, animated oat, animatic, animation
Origin of Animate
1375–1425; late Middle English animat < Latin animātus filled with breath or air, quickened, animated (past participle of animāre ). See anima, -ate1
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
Word origin for Animate
C16: from Latin animāre to fill with breath, make alive, from anima breath, spirit
Synonyms for Animate
breathing, live, living, moving, mortal, viable, vital, zoetic