2. To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre. Dryden.
3. To give spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to inspirit; to rouse; to enliven.
The more to animate the people, he stood on high . . . and cried unto them with a loud voice.
Knolles.
Syn. — To enliven; inspirit; stimulate; exhilarate; inspire; instigate; rouse; urge; cheer; prompt; incite; quicken; gladden.
Animate
(An"i*mate) a. [L. animatus, p. p.] Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively.
The admirable structure of animate bodies.
Bentley.
Animated
(An"i*ma`ted) a. Endowed with life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous. "Animated
sounds." Pope. "Animated bust." Gray. "Animated descriptions." Lewis.
Animatedly
(An"i*ma`ted*ly), adv. With animation.
Animater
(An"i*ma`ter) n. One who animates. De Quincey.
Animating
(An"i*ma"ting), a. Causing animation; life-giving; inspiriting; rousing. "Animating cries." Pope.
— An"i*ma`ting*ly, adv.
Animation
(An`i*ma"tion) n. [L. animatio, fr. animare.]
1. The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive.
The animation of the same soul quickening the whole frame.
Bp. Hall.
Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I possess of animation.
Landor.
2. The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness; as, he recited the story
with great animation.
Suspended animation, temporary suspension of the vital functions, as in persons nearly drowned.
Syn. — Liveliness; vivacity; spirit; buoyancy; airiness; sprightliness; promptitude; enthusiasm; ardor; earnestness; energy.
See Liveliness.
Animative
(An"i*ma*tive) a. Having the power of giving life or spirit. Johnson.
Animator
(An"i*ma`tor) n. [L. animare.] One who, or that which, animates; an animater. Sir T. Browne.
Animé
(||A"ni*mé`) a. [F., animated.] (Her.) Of a different tincture from the animal itself; — said of the
eyes of a rapacious animal. Brande & C.
Animé
(||A"ni*mé) n. [F. animé animated (from the insects that are entrapped in it); or native name.] A
resin exuding from a tropical American tree and much used by varnish makers. Ure.
Animism
(An"i*mism) n. [Cf. F. animisme, fr. L. anima soul. See Animate.]
1. The doctrine, taught by Stahl, that the soul is the proper principle of life and development in the body.
2. The belief that inanimate objects and the phenomena of nature are endowed with personal life or
a living soul; also, in an extended sense, the belief in the existence of soul or spirit apart from matter.
Tylor.
Animist
(An"i*mist) n. [Cf. F. animiste.] One who maintains the doctrine of animism.
