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.

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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