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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 animating
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to animate
▸ Usage examples for animate
▸ Idioms related to animate (New!)
▸ Popular nouns described by animate
▸ Words that often appear near animate
▸ Rhymes of animate
▸ Invented words related to 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 animating
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to animate
▸ Usage examples for animate
▸ Idioms related to animate (New!)
▸ Popular nouns described by animate
▸ Words that often appear near animate
▸ Rhymes of animate
▸ Invented words related to animate