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      animate
      verb
      give new life or energy to
      make lively
      give lifelike qualities to
      heighten or intensify
      adjective
      endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
      endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life
      belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings
      Roots
      animaanim- · Latin · breath, soul
      Synonyms for animate
      vivifyvreanimatevrevivifyvenlivenvlivenvinvigoratevrevivevrecreatevquickenvinanimateadjinspirevvitalizev
      Words related to animate
      animateradjanimatinglyadvanimationnanimatenessninanimationnanimatornvivificationnenlivenmentndisanimatevanimaticadjalivenessnunanimatedadjvivificadjinvigoratornrequickenvsentientadjclaymationnthrobbernlivingnessnpixilationnenheartenvlifesomeanimanlivenessnanimatronicadjnonlivingadjcartoonlikeadjviveadj

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      Where does animate come from?

      The word animate breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root anim-, from Latin anima (“breath, soul”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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