animate
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Definition
Adjective:
- Endowed with life; alive: Refers to something that is living, as opposed to inanimate or dead. It denotes the possession of animal life or consciousness.
- Lively, spirited, or vigorous: Describes something full of energy, movement, or activity.
Verb:
- To give life or energy to; to enliven: The action of making something more lively, spirited, or vigorous.
- To impart motion or activity to; to inspire: The action of stimulating or encouraging something, often in a creative or emotional sense.
- To produce as an animated cartoon: The action of creating the illusion of life in drawings or models through a sequence of images.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- Animals are animate beings, while rocks are inanimate.
- Her animate gestures captured everyone's attention during the speech.
Verb:
- A good joke can animate a dull conversation.
- The director used new software to animate the characters for the film.
Advanced Usage
"Animate nature": Refers to the world of living creatures, as opposed to plants or inanimate objects.
- The study of animate nature fascinated the young biologist.
Grammatical Category: In linguistics, an animate noun is a noun that denotes a living being (e.g., "dog," "woman," "doctor").
- In some languages, verbs change form depending on whether the subject is an animate or inanimate noun.
Variants and Related Words
- Animated (adj): Lively and active; full of vigor.
- They had an animated discussion about politics.
- Animation (n): The state of being full of life or vigor; the technique of filmmaking involving sequenced drawings or models.
- The animation in that movie is stunning.
- Animator (n): A person who creates animations.
- She is a talented animator for a major studio.
Synonyms
- Adjective: Living, alive, lively, spirited, vibrant, dynamic.
- Verb: Enliven, invigorate, energize, stimulate, inspire, vivify.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Constructions
(Note: "Animate" is not commonly used in standard phrasal verb constructions. Its meanings are typically expressed directly or through its variants.)
Related Idioms
- "To animate with a purpose": To inspire or motivate someone with a specific goal or reason.
- The leader's speech animated the crowd with a purpose to fight for change.
- "Breath of life/animation": Something that gives energy or vitality.
- Her encouraging words were the breath of animation the struggling project needed.
Adjective
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endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
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the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage- T.E.Lawrence
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endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life
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we are animate beings
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belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings
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the word `dog' is animate
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Verb
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give new life or energy to
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A hot soup will revive me
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This will renovate my spirits
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This treatment repaired my health
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make lively
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let's liven up this room a bit
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give lifelike qualities to
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animated cartoons
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heighten or intensify
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These paintings exalt the imagination
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