to animate

Examples

• All

• The artist used vibrant colors to animate the landscape and make it seem alive.

• And you can now animate and maybe zoom out a little bit, OK?

• Again, we animate and see what happens.

• we can shoot some stuff to animate

  Zero Day (2003)

• Let's begin by animating the system to see how this works.

• The discussion was so animated that additional time was allotted for the session.

  Academic text (1996)

• Much contemporary politics is still significantly animated by an ethos of agency itself.

  Academic text (1997)

• Everyone in this dialogue should be animated by the desire to serve and to consolidate unity and cooperation.

  Academic text (2013)

• The animals' energy surged like a current through the arena, animating even the drunks behind them.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Each group of diners greeted him with gusto; animated conversation and smiles followed in his wake.

  Fiction book (1992)

Synonyms

I

to inspire

vsto animate

837 3.2

Cause someone to feel excited and ready to act

adds general lively energy rather than specifically producing motivation

L

to liven up

vsto animate

• Informal

66 3.9

To make or become more active and interesting

tends to mean giving lasting new life rather than a brief lift

E

to excite

vsto animate

64 2.7

To make something more active, alert or interested

refers to steady renewal of life rather than sharp, sudden arousal

I

to invigorate

vsto animate

26 5.5

To give more energy and make someone or something feel lively

leans toward adding liveliness and vividness rather than physical strength

E

to electrify

vsto animate

14 4.1

To make people feel very excited and want to act

denotes adding lasting liveliness and vividness rather than brief shock

R

to recreate

vsto animate

8 5.3

To make someone or something feel fresh and full of energy

focuses more on making things lively or vivid than simple refreshing

E

to enliven

vsto animate

6 4.1

Make something more active and interesting

gives a stronger sense of creating new life or renewed existence

L

to liven

vsto animate

4 3.6

To make something more exciting or interesting

implies a deeper renewal of life and energy rather than small change

Q

to quicken

vsto animate

2 5.4

To make a person or thing more lively

centers on adding life or vividness rather than only changing speed

R

to revivify

vsto animate

• Formal

1 8.5

To give new life and energy to people or things

is more about general enlivening rather than a recovery process

V

to vivify

vsto animate

• Formal

1 8.2

To make something more lively or bright

focuses on general energy and new life rather than visual brightness

A

to animize

vsto animate

9.9

To make something seem alive or able to move

means adding real new energy rather than only creating a lifelike look

Antonyms

S

to stagnate

19 6.8

To stop growing or changing and stay the same, like water in a pond

How Lively

to revitalize

• US

45 4.8

to invigorate

26 5.5

to animate

25 4.0

to enliven

6 4.1

to brighten

27 2.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology