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/ˈænəmˌeɪtəd/ /ˈænəmˌeɪtɪd/ Listen

verb

Animate v. t. (past & past part. animated; pres. part. animating)

To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.

To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre.

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

Animated adj. Endowed with life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous. "Animated sounds." "Animated bust." "Animated descriptions."

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Etymology of 'Animated'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Animated" Quotes from Famous Books

... for the child's future, as, attracted by the sweet, true ring of her voice, he saw the eager, merry eyes wandering all round the room, while the lips were singing the most sacred words. Those awful and profound truths, that were to him the only realities, and which animated his every effort, were apparently to this sweet young singer but as fairy tales, or even as mere empty words on which to build up the fabric of her song; and at times he even doubted whether it was right to lay bare ...

— A Child of the Glens - or, Elsie's Fortune • Edward Newenham Hoare

... came. It had been expected by Grant that Buell long before that time would have swept everything before him. But for three hours Buell had been fighting to keep himself from being swept away. The Southern troops seemed animated by that extraordinary battle fever and absolute contempt of death which distinguished them so often during this war. Buell's army was driven in on both flanks, and only the center held fast. It began to seem ...

— The Guns of Shiloh • Joseph A. Altsheler

... remain, whatever position he may choose to occupy in public life, one of the leaders of mankind; and for yourself, whose sound sense of justice and whose sincere interest in the welfare of all American nations reflect the noblest inspiration that animated the ...

— Latin America and the United States - Addresses by Elihu Root • Elihu Root

... the natural cause of things, the process of evolution of all organisms, and of the earth itself, is of itself sufficient for the production of all we see. Thus man is not a special creation, produced in a different way, and distinct from other animals, endowed with an individual soul, and animated by the breath of God; on the contrary, man is only the highest product of the progressive evolution of animal life, springing from the group of apes next ...

— Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith - Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity • Robert Patterson

... that strikes a woman with child does something unlawful: wherefore if there results the death either of the woman or of the animated fetus, he will not be excused from homicide, especially seeing that death is the natural result of ...

— Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) • Thomas Aquinas

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