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
That lives.
2
Of people That has (or is believed to have) a spirit (anima) and/or some amount of consciousness and sentience, either being alive or supernaturally seeming alive.
Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, SciencesOf a noun or pronoun 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.
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun.
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
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.
2
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.1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC: