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verb
- 1. bring to life: "Prometheus stole fire from heaven to animate his clay men"
- 2. give (a film or character) the appearance of movement using animation techniques: "much-loved characters have been animated in this Franco-Canadian co-production"
adjective
- 1. alive or having life: "gods in a wide variety of forms, both animate and inanimate"
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verb [ T ] uk / ˈæn.ɪ.meɪt / us / ˈæn.ə.meɪt / to make someone seem more happy or active: A sparkle in his eyes animated his face whenever he smiled. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of animate from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) animate | American Dictionary. verb [ T ]
The meaning of ANIMATE is possessing or characterized by life : alive. How to use animate in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Animate.
To animate is to make lively or give spirit to. Someone can animate a dull situation by bringing some energy to it, such as with humor, music, or anything that is associated with movement or emotion. To animate also means to give motion to, the way a cartoonist or animator does with drawings.
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.
To animate is to create a liveliness: Health and energy animated his movements. To invigorate means to give physical vigor, to refresh, to exhilarate: Mountain air invigorates. To stimulate is to arouse a latent liveliness on a particular occasion: Coffee stimulates.
verb [ T ] us / ˈæn.ə.meɪt / uk / ˈæn.ɪ.meɪt / to make someone seem more happy or active: A sparkle in his eyes animated his face whenever he smiled. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of animate from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) animate | Intermediate English.
1. to give life to or cause to come alive. 2. to make lively; enliven. 3. to encourage or inspire. 4. to impart motion to; move to action or work.
to render or produce (a story, character, movie, etc.) by using animation: to animate a children's story; to animate the characters in a video game; an animated film.
: to make (something, such as a drawing) appear to move by creating a series of drawings, pictures, etc., and showing them quickly one after another : to make (something) appear to move by using the process of animation. The film's very realistic dinosaurs were animated on computers.
to make lively, vivacious, or vigorous; give zest or spirit to: Her presence animated the party. to fill with courage or boldness; encourage: to animate weary troops. to move or stir to action; motivate: He was animated by religious zeal.
