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animate - Dictionary definition and meaning for animate
ANIMATE
(verb) give new life or energy to
"A hot soup will revive me", "This will renovate my spirits", "This treatment repaired my health"
synonyms : quicken , reanimate , recreate , renovate , repair , revive , revivify , vivify(verb) make lively
"let's liven up this room a bit"
synonyms : enliven , invigorate , liven , liven upHer cheerful laughter enlivened the entire party. -added by priyavanjeri
(verb) give lifelike qualities to
"animated cartoons"
synonyms : animise , animize(verb) heighten or intensify
"These paintings exalt the imagination"
synonyms : enliven , exalt , inspire , invigorate(adj.) endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
"the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"
synonyms : sentient(adj.) endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life
"we are animate beings"
(adj.) belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings
"the word `dog' is animate"
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.


