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