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English adjective: animate | |||
| 1. | animate belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings | ||
| Samples | The word `dog' is animate. | ||
| Domain category | linguistics | ||
| Antonyms | inanimate | ||
| 2. | animate endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life | ||
| Samples | We are animate beings. | ||
| Attribute | aliveness, animateness, liveness | ||
| Antonyms | non-living, nonliving, inanimate | ||
| 3. | animate endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness | ||
| Samples | The living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage. | ||
| Synonyms | sentient | ||
| Similar | sensate | ||
| Attribute | sentience | ||
| Antonyms | insensate, insentient | ||
English verb: animate | |||
| 1. | animate (emotion) heighten or intensify | ||
| Samples | These paintings exalt the imagination. | ||
| Synonyms | enliven, exalt, inspire, invigorate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | encourage | ||
| 2. | animate (change) give lifelike qualities to | ||
| Samples | Animated cartoons. | ||
| Synonyms | animise, animize | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| 3. | animate (change) make lively | ||
| Samples | Let's liven up this room a bit. | ||
| Synonyms | enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ginger up, inspirit, jazz up, juice up, pep up, spirit, spirit up | ||
| Antonyms | blunt, deaden | ||
| 4. | animate (body) give new life or energy to | ||
| Samples | A hot soup will revive me. This will renovate my spirits. This treatment repaired my health. | ||
| Synonyms | quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate | ||
| Verb group | come to, resuscitate, revive | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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