Meaning & use
animate
To bring something to life, energy, or movement, or to create a moving image using drawings or computer graphics.
See it in a sentence
A talented team animated the short film using hand-drawn cells and digital color.
Passion for justice seemed to animate every speech she gave.
A note on using this word
Animate as a verb governs both literal movement, as in cartoons, and figurative energy, as in "animated by a cause."
Words with a similar meaning
enlivenenergize
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
Alive and able to move, as opposed to inanimate or lifeless.
Philosophers have long debated what separates animate beings from inanimate objects.
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