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Definition of animate adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

animate

adjective
 
/ˈænɪmət/
 
/ˈænɪmət/
(formal)
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  1. living; having life
    • animate beings
    • Children quickly learn to distinguish between animate and inanimate motion.
    opposite inanimate
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin animat- ‘instilled with life’, from the verb animare, from anima ‘life, soul’.
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