| animate | (v) give new life or energy to, Syn. recreate, revive, revivify, quicken, renovate, vivify, repair, reanimate, Example: A hot soup will revive me; This will renovate my spirits; This treatment repaired my health |
| animate | (adj) belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings, Ant. inanimate, Example: the word `dog' is animate |
| animate | (adj) endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life, Ant. inanimate, Example: we are animate beings |
| animatedly | (adv) in an animated manner, Example: they talked animatedly |
| animateness | (n) the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life, Syn. aliveness, liveness, Ant. inanimateness |
| animation | (n) the condition of living or the state of being alive, Syn. living, aliveness, life, Example: while there's life there's hope; life depends on many chemical and physical processes |
| animation | (n) the property of being able to survive and grow, Syn. vitality, Example: the vitality of a seed |
| animation | (n) quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous, Syn. invigoration, brio, vivification, spiritedness |
| animation | (n) the making of animated cartoons |
| animatism | (n) the attribution of consciousness and personality to natural phenomena such as thunderstorms and earthquakes and to objects such as plants and stones |
| Animate | v. t. The more to animate the people, he stood on high . . . and cried unto them with a loud voice. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Animate | a. [ L. animatus, p. p. ] Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively. [ 1913 Webster ] The admirable structure of animate bodies. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Animated | a. Endowed with life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous. “Animated sounds.” Pope. “Animated bust.” Gray. “Animated descriptions.” Lewis. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Animatedly | adv. With animation. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Animater | n. One who animates. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Animating | a. Causing animation; life-giving; inspiriting; rousing. “Animating cries.” Pope. -- |
| Animation | n. [ L. animatio, fr. animare. ] 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 ]
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| Animative | a. Having the power of giving life or spirit. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Animator | n. [ L. animare. ] One who, or that which, animates; an animater. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Animation { f } | animation [Add to Longdo] |
| Animateur { m }; Unterhalter { m } | holiday entertainer [Add to Longdo] |