Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Animate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Animate \An"i*mate\, 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. ["o]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"i*mate\, a. [L. animatus, p. p.]
Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively.
The admirable structure of animate bodies. --Bentley.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
animate
adj 1: (linguistics) belonging to the class of nouns that denote
living beings; "the word `dog' is animate" [ant: {inanimate}]
2: relating to animal life as distinct from plant life;
"animate life"
3: endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life;
"we are animate beings" [ant: {inanimate}]
4: endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the
living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's
stage"- T.E.Lawrence [syn: {sentient}] [ant: {insentient}]
v 1: heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the
imagination" [syn: {inspire}, {invigorate}, {enliven}, {exalt}]
2: give life-like qualities to; "animated cartoons" [syn: {animize},
{animise}]
3: make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit" [syn: {enliven},
{liven}, {liven up}, {invigorate}] [ant: {deaden}]
4: make lively or spirited [syn: {enliven}]
5: give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"
[syn: {recreate}, {reanimate}, {revive}, {quicken}, {vivify},
{revivify}]
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