ANIMATE - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Verb

give new life or energy to

Example: A hot soup will revive me; This will renovate my spirits; This treatment repaired my health

Categories: Stimulate, Arouse, Brace, Energize, Energise, Perk up

Part of speech: Adjective

belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings

Example: the word `dog' is animate

Part of speech: Adjective

endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life

Example: we are animate beings

The word "animate" comes from Latin animatus, which comes from Old English animate.

anima – A related word in the same word family.

Roman military conquests permanently planted Latin vocabulary across three continents.