1. animate - verb
· heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination"
Synonym(s): inspire, invigorate, enliven, exalt
Hypernym(s): stimulate, shake, shake_up, excite, stir
2. animate - verb
· give lifelike qualities to; "animated cartoons"
Hypernym(s): change, alter, modify
3. animate - verb
· make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit"
Synonym(s): enliven, liven, liven_up, invigorate
Hypernym(s): stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk_up
4. animate - verb
· give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
Synonym(s): recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify
Hypernym(s): stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk_up
5. animate - adjective
· belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings; "the word `dog' is animate"
Antonym(s): inanimate
6. animate - adjective
· endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life; "we are animate beings"
Antonym(s): inanimate
7. animate - adjective
· endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence
Synonym(s): sentient
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