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Animate
Definitions
- 1 That lives.
- 2 Possessing the quality or ability of motion.
- 3 Dynamic, energetic.
"She is an engaging and animate speaker."
- 4 having a referent that is considered alive (this generally includes humans, animals and deities, sometimes also plants, spirits, etc.)
"Nouns can be singular or plural, and one of two genders, animate or inanimate."
- 5 Inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun.
- 1 endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness wordnet
- 2 endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life wordnet
- 3 belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings wordnet
- 1 To impart motion or the appearance of motion to. transitive
"leaves animated by a stiff breeze"
- 2 give new life or energy to wordnet
- 3 To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit. transitive
"The more to animate the people, he stood on high […] and cried unto them with a loud voice."
- 4 make lively wordnet
- 5 give lifelike qualities to wordnet
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- 6 heighten or intensify wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English animat(e), from Latin animātus, perfect passive participle of animō (“to fill with breath, quicken, encourage, animate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from anima (“soul, spirit, breath”); see anima. The verb derives from the adjective, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
From Middle English animat(e), from Latin animātus, perfect passive participle of animō (“to fill with breath, quicken, encourage, animate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from anima (“soul, spirit, breath”); see anima. The verb derives from the adjective, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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