animate
animate
an·i·mate
I
/ˈænəmət/ adj
formal : having life : alive or living
The lecture was about ancient worship of animate and inanimate objects.
— opposite inanimate
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an·i·mate
II
/ˈænəˌmeıt/ verb , -mates, -mat·ed, -mat·ing [ + obj ]
1 : to make (someone or something) lively or excited
A smile animated [=brightened] his face.
The writer's humor animates the novel.
2 : to make (something, such as a drawing) appear to move by creating a series of drawings, pictures, etc., and showing them quickly one after another : to make (something) appear to move by using the process of animation
The film's very realistic dinosaurs were animated on computers.
