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animate Definition

ani·mate (an′i māt′; for adj., -mit)

transitive verb -·mat′ed, -·mat′·ing

  1. to give life to; bring to life
  2. to make energetic or spirited
  3. to stimulate to action or creative effort; inspire
  4. to give motion to; put into action the breeze animated the leaves
  5. to make move so as to seem lifelike to animate puppets
  6. to produce as an animated cartoon to animate a fairy tale

Etymology: < L animatus, pp. of animare, to make alive, fill with breath < anima: see animal

adjective

  1. living; having life, esp. animal life
  2. lively; vigorous; spirited

animate Related Forms

an′i·mate·ness noun

animate Synonyms

animate

modif.

alive, breathing, moving, animated; see alive 1. See syn. study atalive.

animate Synonyms

animate

v.

  1. To give life or spirit to

    activate, enliven, vitalize, vivify, stimulate, quicken, energize, invigorate, arouse, exhilarate, liven up, charge, charge up, inspirit, encourage, spark, galvanize, stir, inform, put life into, breathe new life into, bring to life, revive, revitalize, revivify, endow with life, imbue with life, furnish with vital principle, perk up.

  2. To incite

    inspire, arouse, excite, motivate; see encourage 2, incite.

animate implies making alive or lively an animated conversation or the imparting of motion or activity an animated doll; to quicken is to rouse to action that which is lifeless or inert the rebuff quickened my resolution; exhilarate implies an enlivening or elevation of the spirits; stimulate implies a rousing from inertia, inactivity, or lethargy, as if by goading; invigorate means to fill with vigor or energy in a physical sense an invigorating walk; vitalize implies the imparting of vigor or animation in a nonphysical sense to vitalize a dull story

animate Usage Examples

Object

  • graphics: The power of the micro to animate graphics depends on two main factors.
  • drawing: The end of the deck is flicked, animating the cartoon drawings.
  • object: They may also animate the objects, or that may be the job of a separate animator.
  • sequence: This allows you to animate an image sequence with the file browswer.
  • character: Abstract Motion capture is the process of capturing the live motion of a person in order to animate a virtual character.
  • spirit: The animating spirit - the demonic one - seems to have left him.

Subject

spirit: The Church animated by the Spirit is like wind slipping through the fingers of its enemies.

Modifies a noun

  • being: Atoms and qualities combine to form inanimate bodies, as well as compound animate beings.
  • object: They do not fall under the category of pictures of animate objects that are prohibited.
  • form: The notion of living beings as animate forms falls by the wayside.

Modifying Another Word

  • nicely: The menus are nicely animated with DD 5.1 sound.
  • superbly: That is to say the action is also fast-paced, in addition to being exciting and superbly animated.
  • smoothly: He is the most smoothly animated, beautifully crafted game character I've ever seen.
  • brilliantly: Luckily, when it comes to combat, your heroes have a variety of special powers, each brilliantly animated.
  • beautifully: The menu is beautifully animated in keeping with the style of artwork in the film.
  • tho: Some of them just looked awkward and badly animated tho.

Adjective complement

short: The use of an animated short rather than a live action film as illustrative material is interesting.

Used with why or when

when: June 20 th: A very quiet and sunny day became quiet animated when a possible Bee-eater was reported flying past the Observatory.

Used with adjective complement

become: Man, therefore, became animate at the same time that he received his soul.

Preposition: by

spirit: The Church animated by the Spirit is like wind slipping through the fingers of its enemies.