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an•i•mate



Pronunciation: (
—v.an'u-māt";
—adj.an'u-mit), [key]
—v., -mat•ed, -mat•ing,
—adj.

—v.t.
1. to give life to; make alive: God animated the dust.
2. to make lively, vivacious, or vigorous; give zest or spirit to: Her presence animated the party.
3. to fill with courage or boldness; encourage: to animate weary troops.
4. to move or stir to action; motivate: He was animated by religious zeal.
5. to give motion to: leaves animated by a breeze.
6. to prepare or produce as an animated cartoon: to animate a children's story.

—adj.
1. alive; possessing life: animate creatures.
2. lively: an animate expression of joy.
3. of or relating to animal life.
4. able to move voluntarily.
5. Ling.belonging to a syntactic category or having a semantic feature that is characteristic of words denoting beings regarded as having perception and volition (opposed to inanimate).

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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