Definition of animate

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Animate (v. t.) To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body..

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Inspirit :: Inspirit (v. t.) To infuse new life or spirit into; to animate; to encourage; to invigorate.
Abiological :: Abiological (a.) Pertaining to the study of inanimate things.
Inanimateness :: Inanimateness (n.) The quality or state of being inanimate.
Animation :: Animation (n.) The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive..
Exanimate :: Exanimate (a.) Lifeless; dead.
Prosopop/ia :: Prosopop/ia (n.) A figure by which things are represented as persons, or by which things inanimate are spoken of as animated beings; also, a figure by which an absent person is introduced as speaking, or a deceased person is represented as alive and present. It includes personification, but is more extensive in its signification..
Fury :: Fury (n.) Violent anger; extreme wrath; rage; -- sometimes applied to inanimate things, as the wind or storms; impetuosity; violence..
Requicken :: Requicken (v. t.) To quicken anew; to reanimate; to give new life to.
Vivify :: Vivify (v. t.) To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to animate.
Personification :: Personification (n.) A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality; prosopop/ia; as, the floods clap their hands..
Enliven :: Enliven (v. t.) To give spirit or vivacity to; to make sprightly, gay, or cheerful; to animate; as, mirth and good humor enliven a company; enlivening strains of music..
Elevated :: Elevated (a.) Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevated thoughts..
Animator :: Animator (n.) One who, or that which, animates; an animater..
Spirited :: Spirited (a.) Animated or possessed by a spirit.
Behavior :: Behavior (n.) Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; -- used also of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle..
Wake :: Wake (v. t.) To bring to life again, as if from the sleep of death; to reanimate; to revive..
Frigid :: Frigid (a.) Wanting warmth, fervor, ardor, fire, vivacity, etc.; unfeeling; forbidding in manner; dull and unanimated; stiff and formal; as, a frigid constitution; a frigid style; a frigid look or manner; frigid obedience or service..
Disanimated :: Disanimated (imp. & p. p.) of Disanimat.
Vivid :: Vivid (a.) True to the life; exhibiting the appearance of life or freshness; animated; spirited; bright; strong; intense; as, vivid colors..
Revive :: Revive (v. i.) To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
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