animate

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adjective

an·i·mate ˈa-nə-mət How to pronounce animate (audio)

: possessing or characterized by life : alive

: full of life : animated

: of or relating to animal life as opposed to plant life

: referring to a living thing

an animate noun

animately adverb

animateness noun

animate

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verb

an·i·mate ˈa-nə-ˌmāt How to pronounce animate (audio)

animated; animating

transitive verb

: to give spirit and support to : encourage

: to give life to

: to give vigor and zest to

: to move to action

a criminal animated by greed

: to make or design in such a way as to create apparently spontaneous lifelike movement

animate a cartoon

: to produce in the form of an animated cartoon

animate a story

Example Sentences

Adjective The lecture was about ancient worship of animate and inanimate objects. an animate dance routine that will really get the blood pumping Verb The writer's humor animates the novel. The film's very realistic dinosaurs were animated on computers.

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

As such, they should be treated as ‘animate tools,’ instruments rather than ends.

Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 June 2022 Science is a process, not an animate object that speaks.

Michael Lynch, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022 Creativity, making, and imagining animate Black self-determination with that which only culture can provide.

ELLE, 31 Mar. 2022 Drawing animate objects was forbidden, as on the day of judgment, God would ask me to put life in them.

Liam Hess, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2022 At one point, Atung abruptly drops out of the show, eliminating its only source of interpersonal intrigue and allowing Afong to complete her transformation into an animate textbook.

Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022 This time the town is not empty but crowded with animate memories.

Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books, 19 Nov. 2020 Ethics begins by recognizing that entities of this Earth are both material and animate.

Kathleen Dean Moore, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2021 This time the town is not empty but crowded with animate memories.

Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books, 19 Nov. 2020

Verb

His work addressed the same questions that animate Black artists today, including Deana Lawson, Rashid Johnson, Kendrick Lamar and Beyoncé.

Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2022 The same problems plaguing L.A. — from homelessness to street racing — now animate my neighbors’ conversations.

Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2022 In part, this is a convention of the series, since everyone must live to animate another book.

David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2022 The brothers, working with their two sisters, Anna and Maria, came up with a way of breaking down the animation workflow into tiny bits to animate half an hour of TV in just a few days.

Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022 The kind of people who animate our communities, enrich them with color and spice and energy, and make our municipal sidewalks spring to life.

Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2022 Bennett embodies many of the contradictions that animate his small country.

Joseph Krauss, ajc, 29 June 2022 The larger field includes a host of ideas that continue to animate other abstract painters: Is there a focus to the image or are its events evenly distributed?

Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 27 May 2022 Just months before the midterm elections, immigration policy will likely continue to animate political mud-slinging.

Jasmine Aguilera, Time, 27 Apr. 2022 See More

单词	animately
释义	animate 1 of 2 adjective an·i·mate ˈa-nə-mət 1 : possessing or characterized by life : alive 2 : full of life : animated 3 : of or relating to animal life as opposed to plant life 4 : referring to a living thing an animate noun animately adverb animateness noun animate 2 of 2 verb an·i·mate ˈa-nə-ˌmāt animated; animating transitive verb 1 : to give spirit and support to : encourage 2 a : to give life to b : to give vigor and zest to 3 : to move to action a criminal animated by greed 4 a : to make or design in such a way as to create apparently spontaneous lifelike movement animate a cartoon b : to produce in the form of an animated cartoon animate a story Did you know? The Latin word anima meaning “breath, soul” that gave us “animal” has given us other words. The English adjective animate meaning “alive” comes from the Latin verb animare, meaning “to give life to,” which in turn came from anima. A characteristic of animals is their ability to move. When a cartoon is drawn and filmed in such a way that lifelike movement is produced, it is animated. An animated film seems to have a life of its own. Synonyms Adjective active airy animated bouncing brisk energetic frisky gay jaunty jazzy kinetic lively mettlesome peppy perky pert pizzazzy pizazzy racy snappy spanking sparky spirited sprightly springy vital vivacious zippy Verb amp (up) brace energize enliven fillip fire ginger (up) invigorate jazz (up) juice up jump-start liven (up) pep (up) quicken spike stimulate vitalize vivify zip (up) See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Adjective The lecture was about ancient worship of animate and inanimate objects. an animate dance routine that will really get the blood pumping Verb The writer's humor animates the novel. The film's very realistic dinosaurs were animated on computers. Recent Examples on the Web Adjective As such, they should be treated as ‘animate tools,’ instruments rather than ends. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 June 2022 Science is a process, not an animate object that speaks. Michael Lynch, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022 Creativity, making, and imagining animate Black self-determination with that which only culture can provide. ELLE, 31 Mar. 2022 Drawing animate objects was forbidden, as on the day of judgment, God would ask me to put life in them. Liam Hess, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2022 At one point, Atung abruptly drops out of the show, eliminating its only source of interpersonal intrigue and allowing Afong to complete her transformation into an animate textbook. Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022 This time the town is not empty but crowded with animate memories. Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books, 19 Nov. 2020 Ethics begins by recognizing that entities of this Earth are both material and animate. Kathleen Dean Moore, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2021 This time the town is not empty but crowded with animate memories. Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books, 19 Nov. 2020 Verb His work addressed the same questions that animate Black artists today, including Deana Lawson, Rashid Johnson, Kendrick Lamar and Beyoncé. Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2022 The same problems plaguing L.A. — from homelessness to street racing — now animate my neighbors’ conversations. Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2022 In part, this is a convention of the series, since everyone must live to animate another book. David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2022 The brothers, working with their two sisters, Anna and Maria, came up with a way of breaking down the animation workflow into tiny bits to animate half an hour of TV in just a few days. Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022 The kind of people who animate our communities, enrich them with color and spice and energy, and make our municipal sidewalks spring to life. Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2022 Bennett embodies many of the contradictions that animate his small country. Joseph Krauss, ajc, 29 June 2022 The larger field includes a host of ideas that continue to animate other abstract painters: Is there a focus to the image or are its events evenly distributed? Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 27 May 2022 Just months before the midterm elections, immigration policy will likely continue to animate political mud-slinging. Jasmine Aguilera, Time, 27 Apr. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Adjective and Verb Middle English, from Latin animatus, past participle of animare to give life to, from anima breath, soul; akin to Old English ōthian to breathe, Latin animus spirit, Greek anemos wind, Sanskrit aniti he breathes First Known Use Adjective 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Kids Definition animate 1 of 2 adjective an·i·mate ˈa-nə-mət : having life animate 2 of 2 verb an·i·mate ˈa-nə-ˌmāt animated; animating 1 : to give life or energy to : make alive or lively He was surprised at the eagerness which animated the whole team … Jack London, The Call of the Wild 2 : to make appear to move animate a cartoon Medical Definition animate adjective an·i·mate ˈan-ə-mət 1 : possessing or characterized by life 2 : of or relating to animal life as opposed to plant life animately adverb as in lively in a quick and spirited manner began talking animately about her favorite subject: horses Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance lively livelily playfully animatedly bouncily pertly trippingly energetically high-spiritedly sprightly buoyantly airily spiritedly vivaciously perkily dapperly allegro springily gayly sparkily gaily snappily sportively gamesomely crisply skittishly briskly jazzily friskily breezily agilely racily dashingly effervescently jauntily cockily spryly nimbly Antonyms & Near Antonyms inanimately sluggishly tardily dully lazily idly halfheartedly heavily lethargically indolently wearily listlessly slothfully tiredly inactively See More
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