animate
ani|mate (animates animating animated)
The adjective is pronounced /'ænɪmət/ The verb is pronounced /'ænɪmeɪt/
1 [ADJ]
Something that is animate has life, in contrast to things like stones and machines which do not.
...all aspects of the material world, animate and inanimate.
= living
2 [VERB] V n
To animate something means to make it lively or more cheerful.
The girls watched, little teasing smiles animating their faces.
= enliven
The adjective is pronounced /'ænɪmət/ The verb is pronounced /'ænɪmeɪt/
1 [ADJ]
Something that is animate has life, in contrast to things like stones and machines which do not.
...all aspects of the material world, animate and inanimate.
= living
2 [VERB] V n
To animate something means to make it lively or more cheerful.
The girls watched, little teasing smiles animating their faces.
= enliven