belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings; the word `dog' is animate'

endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life; we are animate beings'

endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on Gods stage- T.E.Lawrence

[ Syn: sentient ]

heighten or intensify; These paintings exalt the imagination

[ Syn: inspire , invigorate , enliven , exalt ]

give lifelike qualities to; animated cartoons

[ Syn: animize , animise ]

make lively; lets liven up this room a bit

[ Syn: enliven , liven , liven up , invigorate ]

give new life or energy to; A hot soup will revive me; This will renovate my spirits; This treatment repaired my health

[ Syn: recreate , reanimate , revive , renovate , repair , quicken , vivify , revivify ]