Definition of animate

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Animate (v. t.) To give spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to inspirit; to rouse; to enliven.

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Disanimation :: Disanimation (n.) The state of being disanimated or discouraged; depression of spirits.
Vivify :: Vivify (v. t.) To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to animate.
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..
Informant :: Informant (v. t.) One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies..
Animation :: Animation (n.) The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive..
Disanimate :: Disanimate (v. t.) To deprive of life.
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..
Cheerful :: Cheerful (a.) Having or showing good spirits or joy; cheering; cheery; contented; happy; joyful; lively; animated; willing.
Thing :: Thing (n.) An inanimate object, in distinction from a living being; any lifeless material..
Lively :: Lively (superl.) Gay; airy; animated; spirited.
Ecphonesis :: Ecphonesis (n.) An animated or passionate exclamation.
Animate :: Animate (v. t.) To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body..
Requicken :: Requicken (v. t.) To quicken anew; to reanimate; to give new life to.
Swarmed :: Swarm (n.) Hence, any great number or multitude, as of people in motion, or sometimes of inanimate objects; as, a swarm of meteorites..
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..
Stimulate :: Stimulate (v. t.) To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimulate one by the hope of reward, or by the prospect of glory..
Glow :: Glow (v. i.) To feel the heat of passion; to be animated, as by intense love, zeal, anger, etc.; to rage, as passior; as, the heart glows with love, zeal, or patriotism..
Master :: Master (n.) One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time..
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