動詞 animate:

1. heighten or intensify
   同義詞：inspire, invigorate, enliven, exalt
2. give lifelike qualities to
   同義詞：animize, animise
3. make lively
   同義詞：enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate
4. give new life or energy to
   同義詞：recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify

形容詞 animate:

1. belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings
2. endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life
3. endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness- T.E.Lawrence
   同義詞：sentient

1. A smile animated her face.
   一絲笑容使她臉上平添了生氣。
2. The dog lay so still it scarcely seemed animate.
   那條狗臥著一動也不動，簡直不像活的。

an.i.mate

v.tr.（及物動詞）
an.i.mat.ed,an.i.mat.ing,an.i.mates
To give life to; fill with life.
使有生命；使充滿生命力
To impart interest or zest to; enliven:
給予興趣，給予熱情；使有活力：
例句：
.The party was animated by all kinds of men and women.(René Dubos)
.各種各樣的男男女女使這個晚會充滿了活力.(賴恩·杜伯斯)

To fill with spirit, courage, or resolution; encourage.See Synonyms at encourage
鼓勵，激勵：使充滿精神、勇氣或決心；鼓勵參見 encourage
To inspire to action; prompt.
慫恿；驅(qū)使
To impart motion or activity to.
推動，驅(qū)動
To make, design, or produce (a cartoon, for example) so as to create the illusion of motion.
使栩栩如生地運動：生產(chǎn)，設(shè)計，或制作（如卡通片）使之產(chǎn)生運動錯覺
adj.（形容詞）

Possessing life; living.See Synonyms at living
有生命的；活生生的參見 living
Of or relating to animal life as distinct from plant life.
動物性的：動物性的或與動物性相關(guān)的，區(qū)別于植物的
Belonging to the class of nouns that stand for living things:
生物名詞的：屬于代表生物的名詞類的：
例句：
The worddog is animate; the word car is inanimate.
單詞dog 是生物名詞； car 是非生物名詞

來源：
Latin anim3re anim3t-
拉丁語 anim3re anim3t-
from anima [soul] * see an…-
源自 anima [靈魂，精神] *參見 an…-