animate

B2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈæn.ə.mət/ UK /ˈæn.ɪ.mət/ See IPA manual

Freq #40361

Meanings

1

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

Her enthusiasm animated the whole meeting.
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

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.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to make something lively,... enliven invigorateliven up

3 adj · alive; having life, as... alive living

Word family

Forms animatesanimating

Derived forms animacyanimatableanimatelyanimatenessanimateranimatismanimatistanimativeanimatographyanimatoranimatrixdeanimate

Related forms animationanimatriceexanimate

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Phrases (1)

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animate being
a living creature capable of moving by its own activity

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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).

*h₂enh₁- Proto-Indo-European animate Middle English animātus Latin

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Actions & Processes

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# animate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** verb, adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈæn.ə.mət/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈæn.ɪ.mət/
**Frequency rank:** 40361

## Meanings
1. To make something lively, exciting, or full of energy.
2. To make a film or images that appear to move, using drawings or computers.
3. Alive; having life, as opposed to objects that are not living.

## Examples
- Her enthusiasm animated the whole meeting.
- It took the studio three years to animate the entire movie.
- The grammar lesson explained how some languages treat animate and inanimate nouns differently.

## Derived Forms
- animacy
- animatable
- animately
- animateness
- animater
- animatism
- animatist
- animative
- animatography
- animator
- animatrix
- deanimate

## Related Forms
- animation
- animatrice
- exanimate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₂enh₁-
- Root: animate
- Root: animātus

## Etymology
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).

## AI Etymology
Animate comes from Middle English animat(e), from Latin animātus, perfect passive participle of animō (“to fill with breath, quicken, encourage, animate”), from anima (“soul, spirit, breath”). Compare anima. The verb derives from the adjective. The historical line also includes Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁-.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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