animate

/'ænimit/
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animate

The children watch an animate cartoon character on television.

Definition

  1. 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.

  2. 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.
animate

The children watch an animate cartoon character on television.

Adjective
  1. endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
    • the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage- T.E.Lawrence
  2. endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life
    • we are animate beings
  3. belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings
    • the word `dog' is animate
Verb
  1. give new life or energy to
    • A hot soup will revive me
    • This will renovate my spirits
    • This treatment repaired my health
  2. make lively
    • let's liven up this room a bit
  3. give lifelike qualities to
    • animated cartoons
  4. heighten or intensify
    • These paintings exalt the imagination

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