See Also: animate(2)(dictionary)
Animate(medicine)
animate(1)(dictionary)
animate 2, verb(dictionary)
animate 1, adjective(dictionary)
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tire(4)(dictionary)
tire(5)(dictionary)
tire(1)(dictionary)
tire(6)(dictionary)

tire(4) (iou) and animate(2) (iou)


tire(4) (iou)



tire noun4. Also tyer. E17.
[Tamil tayir.]
In S. India, curdled milk or cream beginning to sour.

animate(2) (iou)



animate verb trans. L15.
[Latin animat- pa. ppl stem of animare give life to, from ANIMA: see -ATE3.]
Breathe life into, quicken, vivify, enliven. L15.
R. W. Emerson The soul in man is not an organ, but animates and exercises all the organs. O. Henry Then his eyes get animated, and I see he's got some great scheme in his mind. K. Clark About ten years later this stiff antiquarian style is animated by a turbine of creative energy.
b. Give (a Film, cartoon figure, etc.) the appearance of showing movement, by using a quick succession of gradually varying images. L19.
Fill with boldness, courage, or spirit; excite (a person) to action; inspire, actuate. M16.
Dryden The shouting animates their hearts. Sir W. Scott Desperate men, animated by the presence of two or three of the actors in the primate's murder. E. H. Gombrich The spirit of creative research that animated the young painters of the nineteenth century.
b. Put in motion (a thing). arch. exc. as fig. use of sense 2. M17.
J. Tyndall Motion..which animates the bullet projected from the gun.
animated adjective alive; lively, vivacious: M16.
animatedly adverb L18.
animater noun (rare) M17.
animator noun a person who or thing which animates something; Cinematography an artist who prepares animated cartoons: M16.