Meaning of 'animate'

adjective

endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness

Synonyms: sentient

adjective

endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life

Example: "we are animate beings"

adjective

belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings

Example: "the word `dog' is animate"

verb

to give new life or energy to

Example: "I animated the retirees."

Synonyms: repair

verb

to make lively

Example: "The teacher's exciting lessons often animate the sleepy students."

Synonyms: invigorate enliven liven liven up

verb

to give lifelike qualities to

Example: "You can work on animating the movements of the doll."

Synonyms: animize animise

verb

to heighten or intensify

Example: "Their hand motions animate their speech."

Synonyms: inspire invigorate enliven exalt