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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Animate \An"i*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Animated; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Animating.] [L. animatus, p. p. of animare, fr.
     anima breath, soul; akin to animus soul, mind, Gr. ? wind,
     Skr. an to breathe, live, Goth. us-anan to expire (us- out),
     Icel. ["o]nd breath, anda to breathe, OHG. ando anger. Cf.
     Animal.]
     1. To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as,
        the soul animates the body.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of;
        as, to animate a lyre. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To give spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to
        inspirit; to rouse; to enliven.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The more to animate the people, he stood on high . .
              . and cried unto them with a loud voice. --Knolles.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To enliven; inspirit; stimulate; exhilarate; inspire;
          instigate; rouse; urge; cheer; prompt; incite; quicken;
          gladden.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Animate \An"i*mate\, a. [L. animatus, p. p.]
     Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The admirable structure of animate bodies. --Bentley.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Animate \An"i*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Animated; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Animating.] [L. animatus, p. p. of animare, fr.
     anima breath, soul; akin to animus soul, mind, Gr. ? wind,
     Skr. an to breathe, live, Goth. us-anan to expire (us- out),
     Icel. ["o]nd breath, anda to breathe, OHG. ando anger. Cf.
     Animal.]
     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. --Dryden.
  
     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. --Knolles.
  
     Syn: To enliven; inspirit; stimulate; exhilarate; inspire;
          instigate; rouse; urge; cheer; prompt; incite; quicken;
          gladden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Animate \An"i*mate\, a. [L. animatus, p. p.]
     Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively.
  
           The admirable structure of animate bodies. --Bentley.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  animate
       adj 1: belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings;
              "the word `dog' is animate" [ant: inanimate]
       2: endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life;
          "we are animate beings" [ant: inanimate]
       3: endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the
          living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's
          stage"- T.E.Lawrence [syn: sentient] [ant: insentient]
       v 1: heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the
            imagination" [syn: inspire, invigorate, enliven, exalt]
       2: give life-like qualities to; "animated cartoons" [syn: animize,
           animise]
       3: make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit" [syn: enliven,
           liven, liven up, invigorate] [ant: deaden]
       4: give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me";
          "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired
          my health" [syn: recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate,
           repair, quicken, vivify, revivify]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  animate
     Esperanto adv.
     (eo-form of anim ate)
     Italian vb.
     (inflection of it animare  2 p pres indc ; 2 p impr)
     Italian part.p.
     (feminine plural of it animato)
     Middle English a.
     1 (l en animate Animate), alive; showing the signs or symptoms of
  life.
     2 Related to the soul or spirit of a living being (i.e. sentience or
  sapience).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  animate
     a.
     1 That which lives.
     2 Possessing the quality or ability of motion.
     3 dynamic, energetic.
     4 (lb en grammar of a noun or pronoun) having a referent that is
  considered alive (this generally includes humans and animals, often also
  gods, plants, etc.)
     5 (lb en grammar) inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To impart motion or the appearance of motion to.
     2 (lb en transitive) To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or
  enliven; to inspirit.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  animate
     Esperanto adv.
     (eo-form of anim ate)
     Italian vb.
     (inflection of it animare  2 p pres indc ; 2 p impr)
     Italian part.p.
     (feminine plural of it animato)
     Middle English a.
     1 (l en animate Animate), alive; showing the signs or symptoms of
  life.
     2 Related to the soul or spirit of a living being (i.e. sentience or
  sapience).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  animate
     Esperanto adv.
     (eo-form of anim ate)
     Italian vb.
     (inflection of it animare  2 p pres indc ; 2 p impr)
     Italian part.p.
     (feminine plural of it animato)
     Middle English a.
     1 (l en animate Animate), alive; showing the signs or symptoms of
  life.
     2 Related to the soul or spirit of a living being (i.e. sentience or
  sapience).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  animate
     Italia vb.
     (it-v-taivm 1 a nim ate)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  animate
     Engelska a.
     levande; livlig
     Engelska vb.
     1 ge liv åt; liva; väcka
     2 påverka

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Animate /ˈanɪmˌeɪt/
  حيّ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  animate //ˈæn.ə.meɪt// //ˈæn.ə.mət// //ˈæn.ɪ.meɪt// //ˈæn.ɪ.mət// 
  1. енерги́чен, оживе́н
  dynamic, energetic
  2. одушеве́н
  in grammar
  3. жив, одушеве́н
  that which lives

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  animate //ˈæn.ə.meɪt// //ˈæn.ə.mət// //ˈæn.ɪ.meɪt// //ˈæn.ɪ.mət// 
  анимирам, съживявам
  to impart motion or its appearance

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  animate /ˈanɪmˌeɪt/ 
  oživit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  animate /ˈanɪmˌeɪt/
  podnítít

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  animate /ˈanɪmˌeɪt/ 
  animovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  animate /ˈanɪmˌeɪt/
  životný

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  animate /ˈanɪmˌeɪt/ 
  bywhau 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  animate /ˈanɪmˌeɪt/ 
  bywiogi 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  animate /ˈanɪmˌeɪt/ 
  animeiddio 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  animate /ˈanɪmˌeɪt/ 
  anregen 
   see: animating, animated, animates, animated
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  animate /ˈanɪmˌeɪt/ 
  beleben 
   see: animating, animated
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  animate /ˈanɪmˌeɪt/
  belebt, beseelt  [phil.]  [poet.]
        "an animate being"  - ein beseeltes Wesen

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  animate /ˈanɪmˌeɪt/ 
  beseelen 
     Synonyms: inspire, fill
  
   see: inspiring, filling, animating, inspired, filled, animated, inspires, fills, animates, inspired, filled, animated
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  animate /ˈanɪmˌeɪt/
  
  εμψυχώνω, ζωντανεύω, έμψυχος

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  animate //ˈæn.ə.meɪt// //ˈæn.ə.mət// //ˈæn.ɪ.meɪt// //ˈæn.ɪ.mət// 
  1. eloisa, vireä
  dynamic, energetic
  2. elollinen
  in grammar
  3. liikkuva
  possessing the quality or ability of motion
  4. elollinen, elävä
  that which lives

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  animate //ˈæn.ə.meɪt// //ˈæn.ə.mət// //ˈæn.ɪ.meɪt// //ˈæn.ɪ.mət// 
  animoida
  to impart motion or its appearance

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  animate /ænimət/
  animer

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  animate /ˈanɪmˌeɪt/ 
  1. जीवन संचार करना, प्राण डालना
        "Few words of consolation animated the widow's life. "

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  animate /ˈanɪmˌeɪt/
  nadahnut, nadahnuti, obodriti, oduševiti, ohrabriti, oživiti, pokrenuti, vedar, živ, živahan

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  animate /ˈanɪmˌeɪt/
  1. élettel teli
  2. élô

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  animate /ˈanɪmˌeɪt/
  animare

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  animate //ˈæn.ə.meɪt// //ˈæn.ə.mət// //ˈæn.ɪ.meɪt// //ˈæn.ɪ.mət// 
  アニメーション化す, アニメ化す
  to impart motion or its appearance

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  animate /ænimət/
  1. pagyvinti, atgaivinti
  2. animuoti
  3. gyvas(is), guvus, pagyvėjąs

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  animate /ˈanɪmˌeɪt/
  I.    ożywiony
  II.    ożywiać

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  animate /ænimət/ 
  animar, dar ação

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  animate //ˈæn.ə.meɪt// //ˈæn.ə.mət// //ˈæn.ɪ.meɪt// //ˈæn.ɪ.mət// 
  1. besjälad
  in grammar
  2. levande
  that which lives

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  animate //ˈæn.ə.meɪt// //ˈæn.ə.mət// //ˈæn.ɪ.meɪt// //ˈæn.ɪ.mət// 
  animera
  to impart motion or its appearance

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  animate /ˈanɪmˌeɪt/
  1. hayat vermek, hayatiyet kazandırmak, ihya etmek, canlandırmak Şevklendirmek. animate  canlı
  2. neşeli, hayat dolu. animated cartoon canlı resimlerden ibaret kısa filim, miki filmi.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈænəˌmeɪt/, /ˈænəmət/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  167 Moby Thesaurus words for "animate":
     aboveground, activate, activated, active, actuate, alert, alive,
     alive and kicking, among the living, animated, arouse, biological,
     biotic, boost, brace, brace up, breathe life into, breathing,
     brighten, bring into being, bring into existence, bring to life,
     brisk, brisken, buck up, buoy up, call into being,
     call into existence, cant, capable of life, cheer, chirk up,
     common gender, compel, conceive, conscious, drive, drive on,
     dynamic, dynamize, electrify, embolden, embue, encourage,
     endow with life, endowed with life, energize, energized, enliven,
     enlivened, exalt, excite, exhilarate, existent, feminine, fillip,
     fire, fire up, force, fortify, forward, foster, fresh up, freshen,
     freshen up, galvanize, gay, gender, give a lift, give an impetus,
     give birth, give life to, give momentum, gladden, goad, hearten,
     imbue, impel, in the flesh, inanimate, incite, infect, inflame,
     inform, infuse, infuse life into, inject, inoculate, inspire,
     inspirit, inspirited, instinct with life, invigorate, jazz up,
     keen, kindle, live, lively, liven, living, long-lived, masculine,
     motivate, move, move to action, moving, nerve, neuter, organic,
     organized, pep up, perk up, physiological, pick up, pique, power,
     promote, propel, provoke, put in motion, quick, quicken, reanimate,
     recreate, refresh, refreshen, regale, reinforce, reinvigorate,
     rejoice, rejoice the heart, renew, resuscitate, revitalize, revive,
     revivify, rouse, set agoing, set going, set in motion, set up,
     sharpen, snap up, spark, spirit, spirit up, spirited, sprightly,
     spur on, steel, stimulate, stir, strengthen, tenacious of life,
     thrust, very much alive, viable, vital, vitalize, vivacious,
     vivified, vivify, warm, whet, whip on, zip up, zoetic
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 使...有生气,赋予生命;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 使有生气,赋予生命
     a. 有生命的,有生气的

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