ANIMATE

v. a.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.

2.
v.

To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre. Dryden.

3.
v.

To give spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to inspirit; to rouse; to enliven. The more to animate the people, he stood on high . . . and cried unto them with a loud voice. Knolles.

4.
a.

Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively. The admirable structure of animate bodies. Bentley.

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