Animate - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈænɪmeɪt|
Brit.
|ˈænɪmeɪt|
verb
- heighten or intensify (syn: enliven, exalt, inspire, invigorate)
- give lifelike qualities to
- give new life or energy to (syn: quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify)
- give lifelike qualities to
animated cartoons
- make lively (syn: enliven, invigorate, liven)- give new life or energy to (syn: quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify)
adjective
- belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings
the word 'dog' is animate
- endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant lifewe are animate beings
- endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness (syn: sentient)Extra examples
The lecture was about ancient worship of animate and inanimate objects.
...an animate dance routine that will really get the blood pumping...
The writer's humor animates the novel.
The film's very realistic dinosaurs were animated on computers.
Laughter animated his face for a moment.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: animate
he/she/it: animates
present participle: animating
past tense: animated
past participle: animated
I/you/we/they: animate
he/she/it: animates
present participle: animating
past tense: animated
past participle: animated
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