animate

Adjective
  1. Belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings (synset 300121062)
    "the word `dog' is animate"
    referred to in: linguistics - the scientific study of language
  2. Endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life (synset 300118877)
    "we are animate beings"
    tells us about: aliveness, animateness, liveness - the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life
  3. Endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness (synset 300118196)
    "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"
    tells us about: sentience - the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
    similar to: sensate - having physical sensation
    same as: sentient
Verb
  1. Heighten or intensify (synset 201816687)
    "These paintings exalt the imagination"
    is a type of: excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
    subtypes: encourage - inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to
    same as: enliven, exalt, inspire, invigorate
  2. Give lifelike qualities to (synset 200549075)
    "animated cartoons"
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    same as: animise, animize
  3. Make lively (synset 200193180)
    "let's liven up this room a bit"
    is a type of: arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate - cause to be alert and energetic
    subtypes:
    same as: enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up
  4. Give new life or energy to (synset 200024272)
    "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
    is a type of: arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate - cause to be alert and energetic
    same as: quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify
    verb group: come to, resuscitate, revive - return to consciousness

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