Definition of animate

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Animate (v. t.) To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre..

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Exanimate :: Exanimate (v. t.) To deprive of animation or of life.
Inanimateness :: Inanimateness (n.) The quality or state of being inanimate.
Requicken :: Requicken (v. t.) To quicken anew; to reanimate; to give new life to.
Appetency :: Appetency (n.) Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of inanimate objects.
Liveliness :: Liveliness (n.) The quality or state of being lively or animated; sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit; as, the liveliness of youth, contrasted with the gravity of age..
Ecphonesis :: Ecphonesis (n.) An animated or passionate exclamation.
Impassioned :: Impassioned (p. p. & a.) Actuated or characterized by passion or zeal; showing warmth of feeling; ardent; animated; excited; as, an impassioned orator or discourse..
Neck :: Neck (n.) Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or resembling the neck of an anima.
Informant :: Informant (v. t.) One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies..
Animator :: Animator (n.) One who, or that which, animates; an animater..
Encourage :: Encourage (v. t.) To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage..
Erect :: Erect (v. t.) To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
Spiritous :: Spiritoso (a. & adv.) Spirited; spiritedly; -- a direction to perform a passage in an animated, lively manner..
Enlivener :: Enlivener (n.) One who, or that which, enlivens, animates, or invigorates..
Kill :: Kill (v. t.) To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay..
Go :: Go (v. i.) To pass from one place to another; to be in motion; to be in a state not motionless or at rest; to proceed; to advance; to make progress; -- used, in various applications, of the movement of both animate and inanimate beings, by whatever means, and also of the movements of the mind; also figuratively applied..
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book..
Lifesome :: Lifesome (a.) Animated; sprightly.
Exanimate :: Exanimate (a.) Lifeless; dead.
Refresh :: Refresh (a.) To make fresh again; to restore strength, spirit, animation, or the like, to; to relieve from fatigue or depression; to reinvigorate; to enliven anew; to reanimate; as, sleep refreshes the body and the mind..
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