verb, adjective
verb [VN]
1 to make sth more lively or full of energy:
A smile suddenly animated her face.
2 [usuallypassive] to make models, toys, etc. seem to move in a film/movie by rapidly showing slightly different pictures of them in a series, one after another
adjective (formal) living; having life:
animate beings
OPPINANIMATE
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for animate is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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