Sekirov Dictionary

animate

UK /ˈæn.ɪ.mət/US /ˈæn.ə.mət/

adjective 6
/ˈæn.ə.meɪt/ verb 2
forms 7

adjective6

That lives.
That has (or is believed to have) a spirit (anima) and/or some amount of consciousness and sentience, either being alive or supernaturally seeming alive.
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having a referent that is considered alive (this generally includes humans, animals and deities, sometimes also plants, spirits, etc.)
- Nouns can be singular or plural, and one of two genders, animate or inanimate.
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Dynamic, energetic.
- She is an engaging and animate speaker.
Possessing the quality or ability of motion.
Inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun.

animate

UK /ˈæn.ɪ.meɪt/US /ˈæn.ə.meɪt/

verb2

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To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit.
- The more to animate the people, he stood on high […] and cried unto them with a loud voice. — 1603
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To impart motion or the appearance of motion to.
- leaves animated by a stiff breeze
- If we animate the model, we can see the complexity of the action.

forms

animated · animating · animates · animateth · animatest · more animate · most animate

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