animate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To make something lively, exciting, or full of energy.

   Her enthusiasm animated the whole meeting.

2. 2
   verb

   To make a film or images that appear to move, using drawings or computers.

   It took the studio three years to animate the entire movie.

3. 3
   adj

   Alive; having life, as opposed to objects that are not living.

   The grammar lesson explained how some languages treat animate and inanimate nouns differently.

Common collocations

• animate being Adjective + noun

From Middle English animat(e), from Latin animātus, perfect passive participle of animō (“to fill with breath, quicken, encourage, animate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from anima (“soul, spirit, breath”); see anima. The verb derives from the adjective, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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