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1. (v.t.) animate
to give life to; make alive.
2. animate
to make lively or vigorous; enliven:
Her presence animated the party.
3. animate
to encourage.
4. animate
to move or stir to action; motivate.
5. animate
to give motion to:
leaves animated by a breeze.
6. animate
to prepare or produce as an animated cartoon.
7. (adj.) animate
alive; possessing life.
8. animate
lively.
9. animate
of or relating to animal life.
10. animate
able to move voluntarily.
11. animate
(of a linguistic item) used with reference to living beings, esp. beings regarded as having perception and volition
an animate noun.
Etymology: (1375–1425; < L animātus, ptp. of animāre to give life to, animate, der. of
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1. (adj) animate
belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings
"the word `dog' is animate"
2. (adj) animate
endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life
"we are animate beings"
3. (verb) sentient, animate
endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
"the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence
4. (verb) inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt
heighten or intensify
"These paintings exalt the imagination"
5. (verb) animize, animise, animate
give lifelike qualities to
"animated cartoons"
6. (verb) enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate
make lively
"let's liven up this room a bit"
7. (verb) animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify
give new life or energy to
"A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) animate
endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively
2. (verb) animate
to give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body
3. (verb) animate
to give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre
4. (verb) animate
to give spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to inspirit; to rouse; to enliven
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Sense: to make lively
Joy animated his face.
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 Afrikaans: trek |
 Arabic: يُحْيي، يَجْعَلَه مَرِحاً |
 Bulgarian: съживявам |
 Brazilian: animar |
 Czech: oživit |
 German: beleben |
 Danish: sætte liv i; oplive; opmu |
 Greek: ζωντανεύω |
 Spanish: animar |
 Estonian: hingestama |
 Farsi: جان بخشیدن؛ سرزنده کردن |
 Finnish: elävöittää |
 French: animer |
 Hebrew: לְהַחֲיוֹת |
 Hindi: अनुप्राणित करना, चालित कर |
 Croatian: oživjeti |
 Hungarian: (meg)elevenít |
 Indonesian: menghidupkan |
 Icelandic: lífga, fjörga |
 Italian: animare, ravvivare |
 Japanese: ～に活気をつける |
 Korean: ...에게 생명을 주다 |
 Lithuanian: nušviesti |
 Latvian: atdzīvināt |
 Malay: menghidupkan |
 Dutch: verlevendigen |
 Norwegian: gi liv til, gjøre levende |
 Polish: ożywiać |
 Persian: جان بخشیدن؛ سرزنده کردن |
 Pashto: ځان بخښل، سرژوندی کول |
 Portuguese: animar |
 Romanian: a anima |
 Russian: оживлять |
 Slovak: oživiť |
 Slovenian: razgibati |
 Serbian: živnuti |
 Swedish: liva upp |
 Thai: ทำให้มีชีวิตชีวา |
 Turkish: canlandırmak |
 Taiwanese: 使有生命(氣)，鼓舞 |
 Ukrainian: оживляти; пожвавлювати |
 Urdu: جان ڈالنا ، تازہ دم کرنا |
 Vietnamese: làm sinh động |
 Chinese: 使有生命，鼓舞 |
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