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to animize

to animize

9.9
To make something seem alive or able to move
  • verb
translation icon : animar
  • The director decided to animize the toys in the movie, giving them unique personalities and emotions.

Examples

  • The artist sought to animize the statue, making it appear almost capable of movement.

  • They animized the landscape in their story, giving trees and rivers distinct personalities.

  • Modern films often animize objects to make them more relatable to viewers.

  • Can you animize that drawing?

  • They animize their characters to make them more relatable.

  • In her animation class, she learned how to animize inanimate objects for her short film.

  • To capture the audience's attention, the designer chose to animize the animals in her illustrations.

Synonyms

to animate
vsto animize
24 4.2

To make a picture or model move and look alive

is broader, adding life qualities beyond just visible movement
to vitalize
vsto animize
  • US
1 6.7

To make something full of life and energy

focuses on giving the appearance of life rather than boosting energy

How Lifelike

to reanimate
16 7.2
to animate
24 4.2
to animize
9.9
to enliven
6 4.1

Surface Forms

animize infinitive
animized past
animized past participle
animizing present participle
animizes third person singular

Morphology

animize = animate + anima (transparent) = anim + ize

The verb's meaning ('to make lifelike') follows directly from the base 'animate' (or the familiar root 'anima') plus the productive verbalizer '-ize'.

Etymology

Animize comes from the Latin root anim- meaning 'life' or 'soul', the same root in animate and animal. So, to animize something is to 'give it life' or make it seem alive.