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English Dictionary: animate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for animate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
animate adj belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings; "the word `dog' is animate" Antonym(s): inanimate endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life; "we are animate beings" Antonym(s): inanimate, non-living, nonliving endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence Synonym(s): sentient, animate Antonym(s): insensate, insentient v heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination" Synonym(s): inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt give lifelike qualities to; "animated cartoons" Synonym(s): animize, animise, animate make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit" Synonym(s): enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate Antonym(s): blunt, deaden give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" Synonym(s): animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Animate \An"imate\, 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. [?] wind, Skr. an to breathe, live, Goth. us-anan to expire (us- out), Icel. [94]nd 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. 2. To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate* a lyre. --Dryden. 3. To give spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to inspirit; to rouse; to enliven. The more to animate the people, he stood on high . . . and cried unto them with a loud voice. --Knolles. Syn: To enliven; inspirit; stimulate; exhilarate; inspire; instigate; rouse; urge; cheer; prompt; incite; quicken; gladden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Animate \An"imate\, a. [L. animatus, p. p.] Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively. The admirable structure of animate* bodies. --Bentley.