Quick definitions from WordNet (animate)
▸ verb: give new life or energy to
▸ verb: heighten or intensify
▸ verb: give life-like qualities to ("Animated cartoons")
▸ verb: make lively
▸ adjective: endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life ("We are animate beings")
▸ adjective: belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings ("The word `dog' is animate")
▸ adjective: endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
▸ Also see animate
▸ verb: give new life or energy to
▸ verb: heighten or intensify
▸ verb: give life-like qualities to ("Animated cartoons")
▸ verb: make lively
▸ adjective: endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life ("We are animate beings")
▸ adjective: belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings ("The word `dog' is animate")
▸ adjective: endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
▸ Also see animate