Definition of animate - Rhyme Finder

Definitions

Adjective

belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings; "the word `dog'' is animate"

Adjective

endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life; "we are animate beings"

Adjective

endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God''s stage"- T.E.Lawrence

Verb

heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination"

Verb

give lifelike qualities to; "animated cartoons"

Verb

make lively; "let''s liven up this room a bit"

Verb

give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"

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animise animize enliven exalt inspire invigorate liven liven up quicken reanimate recreate renovate repair revive revivify sentient vivify

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inanimate

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alter arouse brace change energise energize excite modify perk up shake shake up stimulate stir

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encourage ginger up inspirit jazz up juice up pep up spirit spirit up

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