animate
animate Lexical Profile
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• verb
To give cinematic or digital movement to drawings, models, or computer graphics so that they appear to move.
"It took a team of artists nearly two years to animate the feature-length film."
To give inspiration, vigor, or liveliness to a person, group, or discussion.
"A shared sense of purpose animated the volunteers throughout the long restoration project."
To impart biological life or consciousness to something.
"Ancient myths often tell of gods who animate statues sculpted from clay or stone."
• adjective
Alive or having life, especially in contrast to inanimate objects.
"Young children quickly learn to distinguish between animate creatures and nonliving toys."
Full of life, energy, and movement; lively.
"Her animate facial expressions made the storytelling session captivating for the audience."
Denoting a grammatical gender or noun class that refers to living beings, such as humans and animals (in linguistics).
"In Russian grammar, the accusative case of animate masculine nouns matches the genitive form."
Word Nuance & Usage
The word is a heteronym: as a verb, the final syllable is pronounced with a long 'a' (/ˈænɪmeɪt/), whereas as an adjective, it ends with an unstressed schwa (/ˈænɪmət/). Additionally, while 'animate' as an adjective means biologically living, 'animated' usually means lively, excited, or created through animation.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Latin animātus, the past participle of animāre ('to give breath or life to'), derived from anima ('breath, spirit, soul').