单词 | animater |
释义 | animatern. = animator n. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > inspiring > one who or that which inspirerc1450 quickenera1500 animator1565 breathera1586 animater1597 inspirator1624 inspirationalist1895 1597 N. Ling Politeuphuia: Wits Common Wealth f. 143 v [Credulitie] is also the destruction of doubt, and an animater of vs to those actions which we credite to be honest. 1631 R. Fludd Answer vnto M. Foster iii. ii. 25 The viuifying Spirit of the Lord..is the animater of the foure Windes. 1641 W. Prynne Antipathie i. iii. 332 Such an animater was he both of rebellion and warres. 1721 R. Fern Treat. Celestial Work & Worship vi. 277 Hope of heavenly Felicity, that is the great Animater of Christians, and a great Motive to 'em in Duty. 1796 W. Burke Adela Northington I. vi. 86 They soften the rougher mind of man, improve his manners, and are the animaters of human life. 1811 W. Huntingdon Wks. XX. 361 The Holy Spirit..is the life of every grace; the quickener, animater, and reviver of all his own implantation. 1832 T. De Quincey Klosterheim 111 He had been the chief combiner and animater of the Imperial party. 1902 C. H. Webber Astrology in Nutshell 84/1 The moon, which is the mover and animater of the waters of the earth. 1992 K. Gross Dream of Moving Statue (2006) ix. 159 The animater of the visible statue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1597 |
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