animate
animate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre. Dryden.
- 2.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. Knolles.
- 3.Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively. The admirable structure of animate bodies. Bentley.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is to give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre. Dryden called?
- What is 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. Knolles called?
- What is endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively. The admirable structure of animate bodies. Bentley called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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