Definition of Animate. Meaning of Animate. Synonyms of Animate

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Definition of Animate

Animate
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. 2. To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre. --Dryden. 3. To give spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to inspirit; to rouse; to enliven. The more to animate the people, he stood on high . . . and cried unto them with a loud voice. --Knolles. Syn: To enliven; inspirit; stimulate; exhilarate; inspire; instigate; rouse; urge; cheer; prompt; incite; quicken; gladden.
Animate
Animate An"i*mate, a. [L. animatus, p. p.] Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively. The admirable structure of animate bodies. --Bentley.

Meaning of Animate from wikipedia

- like paper cutouts, puppets, or clay figures. An animated cartoon, or simply a cartoon, is an animated film, usually short, that features an exaggerated...
- Animate Ltd. (株式会社アニメイト, Kabushiki gaisha Animeito) is the retailing arm of M and is the largest retailer of anime, video games and manga in ****an. The...
- Adobe Animate (formerly Adobe Flash Professional, Macromedia Flash, and ****ureSplash Animator) is a multimedia authoring and computer animation program...
- refer to: Animate noun or animacy, a grammatical category Animate (retailer), a ****anese anime retailer "Animate" (song), by Rush "Animate", a song by...
- An animator is an artist who creates images, known as frames, which give an illusion of movement called animation when displa**** in rapid sequence. Animators...
- Invent Animate (previously stylized as Invent, Animate) is an American metalcore band formed in Port Neches, Texas, in 2011. The group consists of vocalist...
- Animate! Raleigh is an annual three-day anime convention held during January at the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. The convention...
- mathematician, linguist, historian, and author. He wrote the book The Animate and the Inanimate, published in 1925, in which he speculated about the...
- "Animate" is a song by Canadian progressive rock band Rush from their 1993 album Counterparts. The song reached number 35 on the Billboard Mainstream...
- six months of age. Concepts of animacy constantly vary beyond a simple animate and inanimate binary; many languages function off an hierarchical general...