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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. heighten or intensify;
- Example: "These paintings exalt the imagination"
[syn: inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt]

2. give lifelike qualities to;
- Example: "animated cartoons"
[syn: animize, animise, animate]

3. make lively;
- Example: "let's liven up this room a bit"
[syn: enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate]

4. give new life or energy to;
- Example: "A hot soup will revive me"
- Example: "This will renovate my spirits"
- Example: "This treatment repaired my health"
[syn: animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify]


ADJECTIVE (3)

1. belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings;
- Example: "the word `dog' is animate";

2. endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life;
- Example: "we are animate beings"

3. endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness;
- Example: "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence
[syn: sentient, animate]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Animate \An"i*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Animated; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Animating.] [L. animatus, p. p. of animare, fr.
   anima breath, soul; akin to animus soul, mind, Gr. ? wind,
   Skr. an to breathe, live, Goth. us-anan to expire (us- out),
   Icel. ["o]nd breath, anda to breathe, OHG. ando anger. Cf.
   Animal.]
   1. To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as,
      the soul animates the body.
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   2. To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of;
      as, to animate a lyre. --Dryden.
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   3. To give spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to
      inspirit; to rouse; to enliven.
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            The more to animate the people, he stood on high . .
            . and cried unto them with a loud voice. --Knolles.
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   Syn: To enliven; inspirit; stimulate; exhilarate; inspire;
        instigate; rouse; urge; cheer; prompt; incite; quicken;
        gladden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Animate \An"i*mate\, a. [L. animatus, p. p.]
   Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively.
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         The admirable structure of animate bodies. --Bentley.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

animate
    adj 1: belonging to the class of nouns that denote living
           beings; "the word `dog' is animate" [ant: inanimate]
    2: endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life;
       "we are animate beings" [ant: inanimate, non-living,
       nonliving]
    3: endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the
       living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"-
       T.E.Lawrence [syn: sentient, animate] [ant: insensate,
       insentient]
    v 1: heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the
         imagination" [syn: inspire, animate, invigorate,
         enliven, exalt]
    2: give lifelike qualities to; "animated cartoons" [syn:
       animize, animise, animate]
    3: make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit" [syn:
       enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate]
       [ant: blunt, deaden]
    4: give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me";
       "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my
       health" [syn: animate, recreate, reanimate, revive,
       renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify]