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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Heartener :: Heartener (n.) One who, or that which, heartens, animates, or stirs up..
Fire :: Fire (v. t.) To animate; to give life or spirit to; as, to fire the genius of a young man..
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..
Irradiate :: Irradiate (v. t.) To animate by heat or light.
Unanimate :: Unanimate (a.) Unanimous.
Assembly :: Assembly (n.) A collection of inanimate objects.
Animater :: Animater (n.) One who animates.
Animation :: Animation (n.) The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive..
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..
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..
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..
Stimulate :: Stimulate (v. t.) To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimulate one by the hope of reward, or by the prospect of glory..
Run :: Run (a.) To move, proceed, advance, pass, go, come, etc., swiftly, smoothly, or with quick action; -- said of things animate or inanimate. Hence, to flow, glide, or roll onward, as a stream, a snake, a wagon, etc.; to move by quicker action than in walking, as a person, a horse, a dog..
Lilt :: Lilt (n.) Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness..
Inanimate :: Inanimate (v. t.) To animate.
Instinct :: Instinct (a.) Urged or stimulated from within; naturally moved or impelled; imbued; animated; alive; quick; as, birds instinct with life..
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..
Quick :: Quick (superl.) Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate.
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..
Brute :: Brute (a.) Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature..
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