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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024an•i•mate /v. ˈænəˌmeɪt; adj. -mɪt/USA pronunciation v., -mat•ed, -mat•ing, adj. v. [~ + object] - to give life to;
make alive:Her presence animated the party. - to move or stir to action;
motivate;
inspire;
encourage:The move to a new office animated the staff. - to give motion to: We saw leaves animated by the breeze.
- Show Businessto produce in the form of an animated cartoon.
adj. - alive;
possessing life:animate beings. - Linguistics(of a noun) having, or seeming to have, the ability to move, think, and act under one's own power(opposed to inanimate ): In the sentence "John blew the candle out'', John is an animate noun.
an•i•ma•tor, n. [countable]See -anima-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024an•i•mate (v. an′ə māt′;adj. an′ə mit),USA pronunciation v., -mat•ed, -mat•ing, adj. v.t. - to give life to;
make alive:God animated the dust. - to make lively, vivacious, or vigorous;
give zest or spirit to:Her presence animated the party. - to fill with courage or boldness;
encourage:to animate weary troops. - to move or stir to action;
motivate:He was animated by religious zeal. - to give motion to:leaves animated by a breeze.
- Show Businessto prepare or produce as an animated cartoon:to animate a children's story.
adj. - alive;
possessing life:animate creatures. - lively:an animate expression of joy.
- of or relating to animal life.
- able to move voluntarily.
- Linguisticsbelonging 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).
- Latin animātus filled with breath or air, quickened, animated (past participle of animāre). See anima, -ate1
- late Middle English animat 1375–1425
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged vivify, quicken, vitalize.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged energize, fortify. Animate, invigorate, stimulate mean to enliven. To animate is to create a liveliness:Health and energy animated his movements.To invigorate means to give physical vigor, to refresh, to exhilarate:Mountain air invigorates.To stimulate is to arouse a latent liveliness on a particular occasion:Alcohol stimulates.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged inspire, inspirit, hearten, arouse, exhilarate.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged excite, incite, fire, urge, kindle, prompt.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged kill.
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dead.
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