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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Animatedly :: Animatedly (adv.) With animation.
Inspire :: Inspire (v. t.) To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens, or exalts; to communicate inspiration to; as, to inspire a child with sentiments of virtue..
Vivificate :: Vivificate (v. t.) To give life to; to animate; to revive; to vivify.
-ate :: -ate () As the ending of a verb, it means to make, to cause, to act, etc.; as, to propitiate (to make propitious); to animate (to give life to)..
Quick :: Quick (superl.) Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate.
Erect :: Erect (v. t.) To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
Burly :: Burly (a.) Having a large, strong, or gross body; stout; lusty; -- now used chiefly of human beings, but formerly of animals, in the sense of stately or beautiful, and of inanimate things that were huge and bulky..
Animation :: Animation (n.) The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive..
Zoetrope :: Zoetrope (n.) An optical toy, in which figures made to revolve on the inside of a cylinder, and viewed through slits in its circumference, appear like a single figure passing through a series of natural motions as if animated or mechanically moved..
Vapid :: Vapid (a.) Having lost its life and spirit; dead; spiritless; insipid; flat; dull; unanimated; as, vapid beer; a vapid speech; a vapid state of the blood..
Liveliness :: Liveliness (n.) The quality or state of being lively or animated; sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit; as, the liveliness of youth, contrasted with the gravity of age..
Informer :: Informer (v.) One who informs, animates, or inspires..
Requicken :: Requicken (v. t.) To quicken anew; to reanimate; to give new life to.
Kindle :: Kindle (v. i.) Fig.: To begin to be excited; to grow warm or animated; to be roused or exasperated.
Wake :: Wake (v. t.) To bring to life again, as if from the sleep of death; to reanimate; to revive..
Go :: Go (v. i.) To pass from one place to another; to be in motion; to be in a state not motionless or at rest; to proceed; to advance; to make progress; -- used, in various applications, of the movement of both animate and inanimate beings, by whatever means, and also of the movements of the mind; also figuratively applied..
Die :: Die (v. i.) To pass from an animate to a lifeless state; to cease to live; to suffer a total and irreparable loss of action of the vital functions; to become dead; to expire; to perish; -- said of animals and vegetables; often with of, by, with, from, and rarely for, before the cause or occasion of death; as, to die of disease or hardships; to die by fire or the sword; to die with horror at the thought..
Informant :: Informant (v. t.) One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies..
Spiritous :: Spiritoso (a. & adv.) Spirited; spiritedly; -- a direction to perform a passage in an animated, lively manner..
Kill :: Kill (v. t.) To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay..
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