animate
- Adjective. That which lives.
- Adjective. Possessing the quality or ability of motion.
- Adjective. Dynamic, energetic.
- Adjective. (context, grammar) Having a referent that includes a human or animal.
- Adjective. (context, grammar) Inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun.
- Verb. (transitive) To impart motion or the appearance of motion to.
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