English dictionary
animate
adjectivePronunciation
ˈæ.nɪ.mət
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
adjective
- endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life
adjective
- belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings
verb
- give new life or energy to
verb
- make lively
verb
- give lifelike qualities to
verb
- heighten or intensify
Example sentences
{'source': 'T.E.Lawrence', 'text': "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"}
we are animate beings
the word ‘dog’ is animate
A hot soup will revive me
This will renovate my spirits
This treatment repaired my health
let's liven up this room a bit
animated cartoons
These paintings exalt the imagination