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Animate   /ˈænəmət/  /ˈænəmˌeɪt/   Listen
verb
Animate  v. t.  (past & past part. animated; pres. part. animating)  
1.
To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.
2.
To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre.
3.
To give spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to inspirit; to rouse; to enliven. "The more to animate the people, he stood on high... and cried unto them with a loud voice."
Synonyms: To enliven; inspirit; stimulate; exhilarate; inspire; instigate; rouse; urge; cheer; prompt; incite; quicken; gladden.



adjective
Animate  adj.  Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively. "The admirable structure of animate bodies."






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"Animate" Quotes from Famous Books



... be attained by erecting a cenotaph in his honour in every churchyard and cemetery in England. I admit that such a scheme would cost money and so might be contrary to the spirit of economy which ought to animate everyone at this hour. But a beginning might be made even now, and I have composed a Funeral March in Hamlet the proceeds of which I would gladly ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 150, February 2, 1916 • Various

... debasing employment for an immortal spirit to have to animate such an ill-contrived machine! Although I am a haughty demon, yet, believe me, I would rather animate a swine that wallows in the mire than one of ye, who roll in all manner of vice, and yet have the confidence to call yourselves ...
— Faustus - his Life, Death, and Doom • Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger

... the heart, the infinite ramification of nerves in no way responded to her will and her utmost effort. Almost worn out with the unequal battle it began to dawn upon her that she was really endeavoring to animate the other body. "Am I becoming Nu-nah?" Yes, in the excitement of the moment she raised herself upon her couch and, resting upon her elbow, gazed upon the rigid form of what a moment before had ...
— Within the Temple of Isis • Belle M. Wagner

... than any other period, the eighteenth century was rich in men of the first order. But never did more of the spirit of policy, never did loftier and broader views, never did steadier courage animate and sustain a weaker body than in the case of William of Orange. Savior of Holland at the age of twenty-two in the war against Louis XIV., protector of the liberties of England against the tyranny of James II., defender of the independence ...
— A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times - Volume V. of VI. • Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot

... angry goddess. In her also I found the divinity whom I was doomed to worship from afar, not with the flesh, for that is all lost and gone from me, but, what is sorer still, because its burden is undying, with the will and soul which animate a man throughout the countless eons of his being. The flesh dies, or at least it changes, and its passions pass, but that other passion of the spirit—that longing for oneness—is undying ...
— Ayesha - The Further History of She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed • H. Rider Haggard


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