animate

adjective

  1. 1

    endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness

    the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence

  2. 2

    endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life

    we are animate beings

  3. 3

    belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings

    the word `dog' is animate

verb

  1. 1

    give new life or energy to

    A hot soup will revive me

    This will renovate my spirits

  2. 2

    make lively

    let's liven up this room a bit

  3. 3

    give lifelike qualities to

    animated cartoons

  4. 4

    heighten or intensify

    These paintings exalt the imagination

Synonyms

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