Word Meanings - ANIMATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
animus soul, mind, Gr. an to breathe, live, Goth. us-anan to expire , Icel. önd breath, anda to breathe, OHG. ando anger. Cf. 1. To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body. 2. To give powers to,
Additional info about word: ANIMATE
animus soul, mind, Gr. an to breathe, live, Goth. us-anan to expire , Icel. önd breath, anda to breathe, OHG. ando anger. Cf. 1. To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body. 2. To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre. Dryden. 3. To give spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to inspirit; to rouse; to enliven. The more to animate the people, he stood on high . . . and cried unto them with a loud voice. Knolles. Syn. -- To enliven; inspirit; stimulate; exhilarate; inspire; instigate; rouse; urge; cheer; prompt; incite; quicken; gladden.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ANIMATE)
- Arouse
- Stir
- excite
- disturb
- animate
- wake up
- stimulate
- alarm
- provoke
- cheer
- Buoy
- Float
- support
- sustain
- elevate
- elate
- assure
- inspire
- Enliven
- Wake
- vivify
- quicken
- invigorate
- exhilarate
- rouse
- inspirit
- Exhort
- Urge
- advise
- counsel
- enjoin
- incite
- Inspire
- Animate
- inflame
- imbue
- impel
- encourage
- inhale
- enliven
- breathe in
- infuse
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ANIMATE)
- Compose
- embolden
- reassure
- rally
- Drop
- betray
- surrender
- abandon
- discontinue
- oppose
- discourage
- weaken
- exhaust
- thwart
- discountenance
- disfavor
- subvert
- suppress
Related words: (words related to ANIMATE)
- BREATHE
Etym: 1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. "I am in health, I breathe." Shak. Breathes there a man with soul so dead Sir W. Scott. 2. To take breath; to rest from action. Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! Shak. 3. - SUSTAIN
F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. subtus below, fr. sub under), L. sustinere; pref. sus- + tenere to hold. See 1. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains - ASSURER
1. One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter. 2. One who takes out a life assurance policy. - SUPPORTABLE
Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv. - SUPPORTATION
Maintenance; support. Chaucer. Bacon. - ROUSE
To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances. - INFLAMER
The person or thing that inflames. Addison. - SUPPRESSOR
One who suppresses. - ENCOURAGER
One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer. The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison. - SUSTAINABLE
Capable of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is not sustainable. - VIVIFY
To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to animate. Sitting on eggs doth vivify, not nourish. Bacon. (more info) Etym: - DISCONTINUE
To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off. Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. Bp. Burnet. I have discontinued school - EXHORTER
One who exhorts or incites. - FLOATATION
See FLOTATION - INFLAMED
Represented as burning, or as adorned with tongues of flame. (more info) 1. Set on fire; enkindled; heated; congested; provoked; exasperated. - SUPPORTFUL
Abounding with support. Chapman. - EXHAUSTION
An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of limits. Note: The method of exhaustions was applied to great variety of propositions, pertaining to rectifications - CHEERINESS
The state of being cheery. - ALARM
1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy. Arming to answer in a night alarm. Shak. 2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warming sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger. Sound an alarm in - INHALENT
Used for inhaling; as, the inhalent end of a duct. Dana. - UPCHEER
To cheer up. Spenser. - MANDELATE
A salt of mandelic acid. - ENQUICKEN
To quicken; to make alive. Dr. H. More. - MISADVISE
To give bad counsel to. - SUTURALLY
In a sutural manner. - TROUSERING
Cloth or material for making trousers. - CENTRALLY
In a central manner or situation. - REINVIGORATE
To invigorate anew. - UNASSURED
1. Not assured; not bold or confident. 2. Not to be trusted. Spenser. 3. Not insured against loss; as, unassured goods. - SPHACELATE
To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to mortify. - TROUSE
Trousers. Spenser. - DECOMPOSE
To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay.