animate
Other forms: animated; animating; animates; animatingly
At its most basic, animate means simply alive, while inanimate means not living, not moving around. But animate also means spirited, or brought to life.
Animated cartoons are what we think of as pictures come to life: animation. Animate derives from the Latin anima "life, soul, spirit." When you seem particularly filled with life, or high-spirited, if you laugh loudly, or use broad gestures, you're animated.
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make lively
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give new life or energy to
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give lifelike qualities to
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heighten or intensifysynonyms: enliven, exalt, inspire, invigorate
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endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life“we are animate beings”antonyms:inanimatenot endowed with lifenonconsciousrelating to the lack of consciousness of inanimate things
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endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
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belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings“the word `dog' is animate”antonyms:inanimatebelonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things
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Learn these words derived from the Latin root anim, which has many meanings, including "breath," "mind," "spirit," and "courage."
Learn these words from an excerpt of the novel by Mary Shelley (Inside: Level A, Unit 4). Here is our link to a list of words from the full text: Frankenstein Here are our links to the selections of "Creepy Classics": Frankenstein; How Frankenstein Began, Film Fright, Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich, Mister Monster, Frankenstein Here are our links to the units of Level A: Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 7, Unit 8 Here are our links to the Inside books: Level A, Level B, Level C Here is our link to a list of academic vocabulary for Inside: Academic Vocabulary