1. прилагательное 1) живой Синоним(ы): alive 2) оживлённый, энергичный Синоним(ы): living 3) животный (в противоположность растительному) 2. глагол 1) оживить, вдохнуть жизнь, дать жизнь 2) воодушевлять; вдохновлять; побуждать Синоним(ы): inspire 3) мультиплицировать, делать мультфильмы
I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin animatus, past participle of animare to give life to, from anima breath, soul; akin to Old English ōthian to breathe, Latin animus spirit, Greek anemos wind, Sanskrit aniti he breathes 1. possessing or characterized by life; alive 2. full of life; animated 3. of or relating to animal life as opposed to plant life 4. referring to a living thing Example: an animate noun • animately adverb • animateness noun II. transitive verb (-mated; -mating) 1. to give spirit and support to; encourage 2. a. to give life to b. to give vigor and zest to 3. to move to action Example: a criminal animated by greed 4. a. to make or design in such a way as to create apparently spontaneous lifelike movement Example: animate a cartoon b. to produce in the form of an animated cartoon Example: animate a story Synonyms: see quicken