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animate
verb(an-i-mate)
give lifelike qualities to
Synonyms: animise, animize,
Examples:
Animated cartoons.
animate
verb(an-i-mate)
heighten or intensify
animate
verb(an-i-mate)
make lively
Synonyms: enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up,
animate
verb(an-i-mate)
give new life or energy to
animate
adjective(an-i-mate)
endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
Synonyms: sentient,
animate
adjective(an-i-mate)
belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings
Antonyms: inanimate,
Examples:
The word `dog' is animate.
animate
adjective(an-i-mate)
endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life
Antonyms: inanimate,
Examples:
We are animate beings.

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