animate (
http://definr.com/animate)
adj 1: (linguistics) belonging to the class of nouns that denote
living beings; "the word `dog' is animate" [ant:
inanimate]
2: relating to animal life as distinct from plant life;
"animate life"
3: endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life;
"we are animate beings" [ant:
inanimate]
4: endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the
living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's
stage"- T.E.Lawrence [syn:
sentient] [ant:
insentient]
v 1: heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the
imagination" [syn:
inspire,
invigorate,
enliven,
exalt]
2: give life-like qualities to; "animated cartoons" [syn:
animize,
animise]
3: make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit" [syn:
enliven,
liven,
liven up,
invigorate] [ant:
deaden]
4: make lively or spirited [syn:
enliven]
5: give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"
[syn:
recreate,
reanimate,
revive,
quicken,
vivify,
revivify]