ANIMATED
animated, alive
(adjective) having life or vigor or spirit; “an animated and expressive face”; “animated conversation”; “became very animated when he heard the good news”
animated
(adjective) made to appear to move as living creatures do; “an animated cartoon”; “animated puppets”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
animated (comparative more animated, superlative most animated)
Full of life or spirit; lively; vigorous; spritely.
Endowed with life.
Composed of inanimate objects or drawings that appear to move thought the use of computer graphics or stop-action filming.
Synonyms
• (full of life or spirit): brisk, dynamic, peppy; see also active
• (endowed with life): animate, living; see also alive
• (composed of objects/drawings that appear to move): claymated
Verb
animated
simple past tense and past participle of animate
Anagrams
• Mandaite, aminated, diamante, diamantĂ©
Source: Wiktionary
An"i*ma`ted, a.
Definition: Endowed with life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous. "Animated sounds." Pope. "Animated bust." Gray. "Animated descriptions." Lewis.
ANIMATE
An"i*mate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Animated; p. pr. & vb. n. Animating.] Etym: [L. animatus, p. p. of animare, fr. anima breath, soul; akin to animus soul, mind, Gr. an to breathe, live, Goth. us-anan to expire (us- out), Icel. önd breath, anda to breathe, OHG. ando anger. Cf. Animal.]
1. To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.
2. To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre. Dryden.
3. 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.
Syn.
– To enliven; inspirit; stimulate; exhilarate; inspire; instigate; rouse; urge; cheer; prompt; incite; quicken; gladden.
An"i*mate, a. Etym: [L. animatus, p. p.]
Definition: Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively. The admirable structure of animate bodies. Bentley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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