Inanimate: alternatives and connections

As an ending of participles or participial adjectives it is equivalent to -ed; as, situate or situated; animate or animated.

To move to action; to actuate; to animate.

the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause

of Animate

of Animate

The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive.

To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate; to take, or cause to take, an erect or bold attitude; -- usually with up.

To quicken or animate by chirping; to cherup.

A comprehensive division of animate or inanimate objects, grouped together on account of their common characteristics, in any classifi…

To pass from an animate to a lifeless state; to cease to live; to suffer a total and irreparable loss of action of the vital functions…

To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as, to elevate the spirits.

To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to i…

To give spirit or vivacity to; to make sprightly, gay, or cheerful; to animate; as, mirth and good humor enliven a company; enlivening…

To animate; to encourage; to cheer.

To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden greatly; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates a m…

To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments, as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address exhortation to; to ur…

To animate; to give life or spirit to; as, to fire the genius of a young man.

To excite; to animate; to stir.