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/ˈænəmˌeɪtəd/ /ˈænəmˌeɪtɪd/ Listen

verb

Animate v. t. (past & past part. animated; pres. part. animating)

To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.

To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre.

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."

Synonyms: To enliven; inspirit; stimulate; exhilarate; inspire; instigate; rouse; urge; cheer; prompt; incite; quicken; gladden.

adjective

Animated adj. Endowed with life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous. "Animated sounds." "Animated bust." "Animated descriptions."

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Etymology of 'Animated'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Animated" Quotes from Famous Books

... neighbourhood, stood forming a pyramid of shining black faces at every door and window; gazing with delight at the scene; rolling their white eye-balls, and showing grinning rows of ivory from ear to ear. How could the flogger of urchins be otherwise than animated and joyous? the lady of his heart was his partner in the dance, and smiling graciously in reply to all his amorous oglings; while Brom Bones, sorely smitten with love and jealousy, sat brooding ...

— Legends That Every Child Should Know • Hamilton Wright Mabie

... Eileen, becoming animated. "Two's company, three's none. Everything is lop-sided without ...

— Love of Brothers • Katharine Tynan

... career. I was now unable to deny that I no longer felt any exhilaration at the prospect of future legal conquests similar to those of the past; but once in the Senate, I might regain something of that intense conviction of fighting for a just and sound cause with which Theodore Wading had once animated me: fighting there, in the Capitol at Washington, would be different; no stigma of personal gain attached to it; it offered a nearer approach to the ideal I had once more begun to seek, held out hopes of ...

— The Crossing • Winston Churchill

... old Antiquary. This filled his mind with gloomy forebodings concerning the fate of Maria. There was, too, something evasive in the manner of the man who conveyed to him this intelligence, and this excited his apprehensions, and prompted him to make further inquiries. His confidence in her faith animated and encouraged his heart. But when he remembered that the old man was, even when he left, in the clutches of Snivel and Keepum (men whose wealth and influence gave them power to crush the poor into the dust), an abyss, terrible and dark, opened to him, his whole nature seemed ...

— Justice in the By-Ways - A Tale of Life • F. Colburn Adams

... all was ready, there was still another delay. Shah-co-pee and two of his warriors were seen coming down the hill, the chief making an animated appeal to some one on board the boat; and as he reached the shore he gave us to understand that his business was concluded, and that he would like to go with us. But it was very evident that he considered his company ...

— Dahcotah - Life and Legends of the Sioux Around Fort Snelling • Mary Eastman

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