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animate

adj
/ˈæn.ɪ.mət/UK/ˈæn.ə.mət/US/ˈæn.ɪ.meɪt/UK/ˈæn.ə.meɪt/US/ə.nɪˈmeʈ/

Etymology

From Middle English animat(e), from Latin animātus, perfect passive participle of animō (“to fill with breath, quicken, encourage, animate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from anima (“soul, spirit, breath”); see anima. The verb derives from the adjective, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

  1. derived from animātus
  2. inherited from animate

Definitions

  1. That lives.

  2. Possessing the quality or ability of motion.

  3. Dynamic, energetic.

    • She is an engaging and animate speaker.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. having a referent that is considered alive (this generally includes humans, animals and…

      having a referent that is considered alive (this generally includes humans, animals and deities, sometimes also plants, spirits, etc.)

      • Nouns can be singular or plural, and one of two genders, animate or inanimate.

    2. Inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun.

    3. To impart motion or the appearance of motion to.

      • leaves animated by a stiff breeze
      • If we animate the model, we can see the complexity of the action.

    4. To give spirit or vigour to

      To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit.

      • The more to animate the people, he stood on high […] and cried unto them with a loud voice.

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Derived

animacy, animately, animateness, animatism, animatist, inanimate, non-animate, semianimate, subanimate, transitive animate, interanimate, reanimate, animatable, animated cartoon, animated oat, animative, animatography, animator, animater, animatrix, deanimate, disanimate, overanimate, transanimate

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at animate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01animate02possessing03possess04idea05real-life06life07inanimate

A definitional loop anchored at animate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at animate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA