Search Result:animate
KK Pronunciation
〔 ˋænәˏmet 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ˊænimeit-mIt 〕
Overview of verb animate
The verb animate has 4 senses
- inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt -- (heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination")
- animize, animise, animate -- (give lifelike qualities to; "animated cartoons")
- enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate -- (make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit")
- animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify -- (give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health")
Overview of adj animate
The adj animate has 3 senses
- animate -- (belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings; "the word `dog' is animate")
- animate -- (endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life; "we are animate beings")
- sentient, animate -- (endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence)