animate

Speech parts

1. animate - Adjective

2. animate - Verb

Meaning

To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.

To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre.

To give spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to inspirit; to rouse; to enliven.

Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

quicken inspire enliven rouse living alive repair stimulate revive recreate sentient cheer renovate incite invigorate
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Antonyms

inanimate feller jade harrow sap josh
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Hypernyms

change alter modify stimulate shake stir

Hyponyms

spirit encourage inspirit ginger up jazz up pep up

Related terms

animation animatrice

Phrases with the word

animate object animate things to animate

Derivatives

animated animating

Anagrams

amentia aminate Anamite metania

Examples

A hot soup will revive me Source: Internet

This will renovate my spirits Source: Internet

This treatment repaired my health Source: Internet

let's liven up this room a bit Source: Internet

animated cartoons Source: Internet

These paintings exalt the imagination Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

animastic animat animatable animate being animate object animate thing