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Quick :: Quick (superl.) Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready.

Fire :: Fire (v. t.) To animate; to give life or spirit to; as, to fire the genius of a young man..

Animism :: Animism (n.) The belief that inanimate objects and the phenomena of nature are endowed with personal life or a living soul; also, in an extended sense, the belief in the existence of soul or spirit apart from matter..

Shout :: Shout (v. i.) To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc..

Run :: Run (a.) To move, proceed, advance, pass, go, come, etc., swiftly, smoothly, or with quick action; -- said of things animate or inanimate. Hence, to flow, glide, or roll onward, as a stream, a snake, a wagon, etc.; to move by quicker action than in walking, as a person, a horse, a dog..

Orpheus :: Orpheus (n.) The famous mythic Thracian poet, son of the Muse Calliope, and husband of Eurydice. He is reputed to have had power to entrance beasts and inanimate objects by the music of his lyre..

Spirit :: Spirit (v. t.) To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men; -- sometimes followed by up..

Burly :: Burly (a.) Having a large, strong, or gross body; stout; lusty; -- now used chiefly of human beings, but formerly of animals, in the sense of stately or beautiful, and of inanimate things that were huge and bulky..

Inspire :: Inspire (v. t.) To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens, or exalts; to communicate inspiration to; as, to inspire a child with sentiments of virtue..

Animate :: Animate (v. t.) To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body..

Neck :: Neck (n.) Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or resembling the neck of an anima.

Reanimation :: Reanimation (n.) The act or operation of reanimating, or the state of being reanimated; reinvigoration; revival..

Revive :: Revive (v. i.) To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate..

Fury :: Fury (n.) Violent anger; extreme wrath; rage; -- sometimes applied to inanimate things, as the wind or storms; impetuosity; violence..

Behavior :: Behavior (n.) Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; -- used also of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle..

Sprigtail :: Sprightly (superl.) Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance..

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

Inanimated :: Inanimated (a.) Destitute of life; lacking animation; unanimated.

Kindle :: Kindle (v. i.) Fig.: To begin to be excited; to grow warm or animated; to be roused or exasperated.

Master :: Master (n.) One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time..

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