Definition of animate

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Animate (v. t.) To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre..

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Lively :: Lively (adv.) In a brisk, active, or animated manner; briskly; vigorously..
Vehemence :: Vehemence (n.) Violent ardor; great heat; animated fervor; as, the vehemence of love, anger, or other passions..
Encourage :: Encourage (v. t.) To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage..
Orpheus :: Orpheus (n.) The famous mythic Thracian poet, son of the Muse Calliope, and husband of Eurydice. He is reputed to have had power to entrance beasts and inanimate objects by the music of his lyre..
Live :: Live (v. i.) To be or continue in existence; to exist; to remain; to be permanent; to last; -- said of inanimate objects, ideas, etc..
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..
Imitative :: Imitative (a.) Designed to imitate another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful purpose, such as protection from enemies; having resamblance to something else; as, imitative colors; imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of minerals are imitative..
Animator :: Animator (n.) One who, or that which, animates; an animater..
Vivificative :: Vivificative (a.) Able or tending to vivify, animate, or give life; vivifying..
Neck :: Neck (n.) Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or resembling the neck of an anima.
Exhilarate :: Exhilarate (v. t.) To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden greatly; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates a man..
Flush :: Flush (v. t.) To excite; to animate; to stir.
Fury :: Fury (n.) Violent anger; extreme wrath; rage; -- sometimes applied to inanimate things, as the wind or storms; impetuosity; violence..
Glow :: Glow (v. i.) To feel the heat of passion; to be animated, as by intense love, zeal, anger, etc.; to rage, as passior; as, the heart glows with love, zeal, or patriotism..
Resurrect :: Resurrect (v. t.) To reanimate; to restore to life; to bring to view (that which was forgotten or lost).
Strengthen :: Strengthen (v. t.) To animate; to encourage; to fix in resolution.
Vivificate :: Vivificate (v. t.) To give life to; to animate; to revive; to vivify.
Quicken :: Quicken (a.) To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite..
Enlivener :: Enlivener (n.) One who, or that which, enlivens, animates, or invigorates..
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..
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