Animate

verb
'ænəmət

Adjective

  • endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness

    Similar:Sentient

  • belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings

    “the word `dog' is animate”

  • endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life

    “we are animate beings”

Verb

  • give lifelike qualities to

    “animated cartoons”

    Similar:AnimiseAnimize
    Type of:AlterChangeModify

  • heighten or intensify

    Similar:EnlivenExaltInspireInvigorate
    Type of:StimulateExciteStir

  • make lively

    Similar:EnlivenInvigorateLiven
    Type of:ArouseBraceEnergise

  • give new life or energy to

    Similar:QuickenReanimateRecreateRenovateRepair
    Type of:BraceArouseEnergise

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