Definition of 'animate'
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British English: animate ADJECTIVE
Something that is animate has life, in contrast to things like stones and machines which do not.
...all aspects of the material world, animate and inanimate.
British English: animate VERB
To animate something means to make it lively or more cheerful.
There was precious little about the cricket to animate the crowd.
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