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   An·i·mate

   verb

   • 1. bring to life: "the desert is like a line drawing waiting to be animated with color"
   • ▪ give inspiration, encouragement, or renewed vigor to: "she has animated the nation with a sense of political direction"
   • 2. give (a movie or character) the appearance of movement using animation techniques: "much-loved characters have been animated in this Franco-Canadian co-production"

   adjective

   • 1. alive or having life: "all of creation, animate and inanimate"
   • ▪ lively and active; animated: "party photos of animate socialites"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin animat- ‘instilled with life’, from the verb animare, from anima ‘life, soul’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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