Animate
Animate ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[Latin animatus, past participle of animare, from anima breath, soul; akin to animus soul, mind, Greek {not transcribed} wind, Sanskrit an to breathe, live, Gothic us-anan to expire (us- out), Icelandic ond breath, anda to breathe, Old High German ando anger. Compare Animal.]
1.
To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.
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.
Animate ({not transcribed}) , adjective
[Latin animatus, p. p.]
Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively.
The admirable structure of animate bodies.