v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Animated; p. pr. & vb. n. Animating. ] [ L. animatus, p. p. of animare, fr. anima breath, soul; akin to animus soul, mind, Gr. &unr_; wind, Skr. an to breathe, live, Goth. us-anan to expire (us- out), Icel. önd breath, anda to breathe, OHG. ando anger. Cf. Animal. ] 1. To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To give spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to inspirit; to rouse; to enliven. [ 1913 Webster ]

The more to animate the people, he stood on high . . . and cried unto them with a loud voice. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To enliven; inspirit; stimulate; exhilarate; inspire; instigate; rouse; urge; cheer; prompt; incite; quicken; gladden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. animatus, p. p. ] Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively. [ 1913 Webster ]

The admirable structure of animate bodies. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Endowed with life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous. “Animated sounds.” Pope. “Animated bust.” Gray. “Animated descriptions.” Lewis. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With animation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who animates. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Causing animation; life-giving; inspiriting; rousing. “Animating cries.” Pope. -- An"i*ma`ting*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. animatio, fr. animare. ] 1. The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive. [ 1913 Webster ]

The animation of the same soul quickening the whole frame. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I possess of animation. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness; as, he recited the story with great animation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Suspended animation, temporary suspension of the vital functions, as in persons nearly drowned. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Liveliness; vivacity; spirit; buoyancy; airiness; sprightliness; promptitude; enthusiasm; ardor; earnestness; energy. See Liveliness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the power of giving life or spirit. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. animare. ] One who, or that which, animates; an animater. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disanimated p. pr. & vb. n. Disanimating ] 1. To deprive of life. [ R. ] Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To deprive of spirit; to dishearten. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Privation of life. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being disanimated or discouraged; depression of spirits. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. exanimatus, p. p. of exanimare to deprive of life or spirit; ex out + anima air, breath, life, spirit. ] 1. Lifeless; dead. [ R. ] “Carcasses exanimate.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Destitute of animation; spiritless; disheartened. [ R. ] “Pale . . . wretch, exanimate by love.” Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive of animation or of life. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ L. exanimatio. ] Deprivation of life or of spirits. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. in- in (or intensively) + animate. ] To animate. [ Obs. ] Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inanimatus; pref. in- not + animatus animate. ] Not animate; destitute of life or spirit; lifeless; dead; inactive; dull; as, stones and earth are inanimate substances. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves. Byron.

Syn. -- Lifeless; dead; inert; inactive; dull; soulless; spiritless. See Lifeless. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of life; lacking animation; unanimated. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being inanimate. [ 1913 Webster ]

The deadness and inanimateness of the subject. W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 2d Inanimate. ] Lack of animation; lifeless; dullness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 1st Inanimate. ] Infusion of life or vigor; animation; inspiration. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The inanimation of Christ living and breathing within us. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To animate or inspire mutually. [ Obs. ] Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To animate anew; to restore to animation or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to reinvigorate; as, to reanimate a drowned person; to reanimate disheartened troops; to reanimate languid spirits. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or operation of reanimating, or the state of being reanimated; reinvigoration; revival. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Transanimated p. pr. & vb. n. Transanimating. ] [ Trans- + animate. ] To animate with a soul conveyed from another body. [ R. ] Bp. J. King (1608). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. transanimation. ] The conveyance of a soul from one body to another. [ R. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Unanimous. ] Unanimous. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]