单词 | animating |
释义 | animatingn. The action of animate v. (in various senses). ΚΠ 1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. vii. iii. 267 This kinde of argument tendeth to nothing else, but to the animating of the subiects agaynst the Magistrate. 1642 L. Anderton Eng. Nunne 153 I haue thought good to proceed for the better animating and encouraging of you,..greatly to reioyce at Gods good pleasure in taking your two Daughters to his peculiar seruice. a1768 T. Secker Serm. Several Subj. (1770) IV. 202 The mutual animating of each other, the instructive Example, the awakening Call to a thoughtless World, these Things would be lost. 1854 J. Torrey tr. A. Neander Gen. Hist. Christian Relig. & Church (new ed.) II. 426 The animating of the body of Christ with a soul. 1965 M. Natanson & H. W. Johnstone Philos., Rhetoric, & Argumentation ii. 47 Its characteristic function is the publication,..the humanizing, the animating of..[ideas and information] for a realized and usually specific audience. 2006 N.Y. Times (Electronic ed.) 2 Apr. xiii. 2 Is he worried that film buffs might react negatively to the animating of a classic? No. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). animatingadj. That animates or gives life; inspiring, encouraging. Also: rendering lifelike. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > [adjective] cooling?c1425 comfortablec1440 refreshing1534 rousing1576 vegetant1576 reviving1579 refriscative1582 refrigerating1583 cordial1584 airy1591 freshing1591 animating1595 fertile1597 recreating1600 refective1611 refreshfula1614 comforting1623 refrigerant1626 erecting1654 cordialine1674 refocillating1675 corroboratinga1680 refectory1693 invigorating1694 restoring1697 freshful1734 enlivening1746–7 livelya1754 tonic1756 stimulatory1758 vivifying1768 energizing1786 stimulative1791 refreshening1807 vitalizing1813 stimulating1827 recuperative1843 invigorative1860 innerving1868 breezy1870 tonicizing1890 reparatory1893 the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > [adjective] stirring1421 excitative1490 rousing1576 animating1595 excitant1608 exciteful?1615 spirit-stirringa1616 spiritous1624 excitatinga1643 exagitating1646 fermentive1656 awakening1694 electrifying1746 upstirring1751 electrical1760 thrilling1768 excitive1774 proceleusmatic1775 electric1789 inspiriting1796 fermentitious1807 exciting1811 red-hot1835 hair-raising1838 suscitating1840 arousing1841 sizzling1845 zesty1853 excitory1861 throbbing1864 buzzing1882 ding-dong1887 thrillful1887 stir-up1890 large1895 thrilly1896 high voltage1909 voltaic1920 sizzly1936 Boy's Own1967 hot shit1967 crunk1995 1595 B. Barnes Divine Cent. Spirituall Sonnets lxxxii. sig. F4v The chearelesse Medowes, and Cornefields supprest With liuely meanes of animating might. 1622 F. Rous Dis. of Time iv. 95 Being ouercome by the animating spirit, he ceaseth in a manner to bee flesh and bloud. 1680 in Roxburghe Ballads (1883) IV. 547 Bring me a man with animating stroaks, Whose pregnant Steel gives life to form~less rocks. 1744 J. Thomson Summer in Seasons 65 From him they draw their animating Fire. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia I. i. vii. 93 So animating are the designs of disinterested benevolence! 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §25. 182 The talk was incessant and animating. 1869 J. R. Seeley Lect. & Ess. i. 18 No new animating principle. 1902 J. Payne Poet. Wks. II. 32 They are but mortal, do but live So long as the quick, animating soul Throbs in their confines. 1962 Times 25 Aug. 9/4 His secret seems to be a scrupulous regard for the animating property of strict tempo and rhythm. 2002 N. Drury Dict. Esoteric 13/1 The belief..that trees, mountains, rivers, and other natural formations possess an animating power of spirit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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