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.
to render or produce (a story, character, movie, etc.) by using animation: to animate a children's story;to animate the characters in a video game;an animated film.
adjective
alive; possessing life: animate creatures.
lively: an animate expression of joy.
of or relating to animal life.
able to move voluntarily.
Linguistics. belonging 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).
Origin of animate
1375–1425; late Middle English animat<Latin animātus filled with breath or air, quickened, animated (past participle of animāre). See anima, -ate1
SYNONYMS FOR animate
1 vivify, quicken, vitalize.
2 energize, fortify.
3 inspire, inspirit, hearten, arouse, exhilarate.
4 excite, incite, fire, urge, kindle, prompt.
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ANTONYMS FOR animate
1 kill.
7 dead.
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synonym study for animate
2. 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: Caffeine will stimulate you and keep you alert.
OTHER WORDS FROM animate
an·i·mate·ly,adverban·i·mate·ness,nounan·i·mat·ing·ly,adverbin·ter·an·i·mate,verb (used with object),in·ter·an·i·mat·ed,in·ter·an·i·mat·ing.
A new RSA animated short featuring his talk is a critical reminder of how powerfully our tools shape our experience—and how easily that feedback loop can go wrong.
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Piracy has long been an issue in China—Disney’s 1998 animated version of Mulan also suffered in the China box office in part because of mass piracy before its official release.
Disney tailored ‘Mulan’ for China. It still ‘never had a chance’ at the mainland box office|Naomi Xu Elegant|September 20, 2020|Fortune
Notably, all of these films, most of which are animated, come from after the “Eisner era” of Disney films, known as the “renaissance” that began with 1989’s The Little Mermaid under former Disney CEO Michael Eisner.
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Projects already in production include a nature docu-series and an animated series about inspiring women.
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After physical production shut down in March, TV networks and streamers sought out shows that could be produced remotely, such as animated fare and documentary series that rely on archival footage and interviews shot over Zoom.
‘Covid-proof production’: TV networks, streamers seek out show formats that can adapt to another shooting shutdown|Tim Peterson|August 14, 2020|Digiday
It is the economic questions—about the gap between rich and poor—that animate the party now.
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Once, the humanist idea used to animate the very core of the university.
Can Higher Education Really Save Our Humanity?|James Poulos|February 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Investors clearly believe in the value of patents and the inventions they animate.
New Calculations of U.S. GDP Finally Take Research and Development Into Account|Robert Shapiro|August 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
His fingers were rubbing back and forth on the photo, as if he was trying to animate his baby back to life.
A Personal Plea for Gun Control|Joshua DuBois|April 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I admire his vision in his domestic affairs and the deeply Jewish values that seem to animate him.
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Waller, however, judged that it would be as well to animate their courage with a few words.
Salt Water|W. H. G. Kingston
As he went, his four generals parted off, to examine the forts on either hand, and to inspect and animate the militia.
The Hour and the Man|Harriet Martineau
It is, then, that by which the animate differs from the inanimate.
Five Stages of Greek Religion|Gilbert Murray
But as for the body, it suffers no pain when it is soulless; and even when animate it can suffer only by the soul's suffering.
The City of God, Volume II|Aurelius Augustine
The want, according to the popular saying, was not of rhinoceroses to supply skins, but of courage to animate the wearers.
Mythical Monsters|Charles Gould
British Dictionary definitions for animate
animate
verb (ˈænɪˌmeɪt) (tr)
to give life to or cause to come alive
to make lively; enliven
to encourage or inspire
to impart motion to; move to action or work
to record on film or video tape so as to give movement toan animated cartoon
adjective (ˈænɪmɪt)
being alive or having life
gay, spirited, or lively
Word Origin for animate
C16: from Latin animāre to fill with breath, make alive, from anima breath, spirit