·adj Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively.
II. Animate ·vt To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre.
III. Animate ·vt To give natural life to; to make alive; to Quicken; as, the soul animates the body.
IV. Animate ·vt To give spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to Inspirit; to Rouse; to Enliven.