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

  Animating \An"i*ma"ting\, a.
     Causing animation; life-giving; inspiriting; rousing.
     ``Animating cries.'' --Pope. -- An"i*ma`ting*ly, adv.
     [1913 Webster]

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 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 ]

  Animating \An"i*ma"ting\, a.
     Causing animation; life-giving; inspiriting; rousing.
     ``Animating cries.'' --Pope. -- An"i*ma`ting*ly, adv.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  animating
       adj : giving spirit and vivacity [syn: enlivening]

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

  animating
     vb.
     (present participle of en animate nocat=1)

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

  animating
     vb.
     (present participle of en animate nocat=1)

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

  animating
     vb.
     (present participle of en animate nocat=1)

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

  animating
     vb.
     (present participle of en animate nocat=1)

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

  animating
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en animate ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb animate)

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

  Animating /ˈanɪmˌeɪtɪŋ/
  الإنعاش

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

  animating /ˈanɪmˌeɪtɪŋ/
  anregend
   see: animate, animated, animates, animated
  

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

  animating /ˈanɪmˌeɪtɪŋ/
  belebend
   see: animate, animated
  

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

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

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

  animating /ˈanɪmˌeɪtɪŋ/
  serkentô

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˌænəˈmeɪtɪŋɡ/

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  鼓舞生气的;启发的

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