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"; "living creatures" [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}]
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}]