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Dictionary definition for: Animate
1. (v) heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination"
2. (a) belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings; "the word "dog" is animate"
3. (v) give life-like qualities to; "animated cartoons"
4. (a) endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life; "we are animate beings"
5. (v) make lively; "let''s liven up this room a bit"
6. (a) endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God''s stage"- T.E.Lawrence
7. (v) give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me" "This will renovate my spirits" "This treatment repaired my health"
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