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使有生氣,賦予生命有生命的,有生氣的

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Animate \An"i*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Animated}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Animating}.] [L. animatus, p. p. of animare, fr.
   anima breath, soul; akin to animus soul, mind, Gr. ? wind,
   Skr. an to breathe, live, Goth. us-anan to expire (us- out),
   Icel. ["o]nd breath, anda to breathe, OHG. ando anger. Cf.
   {Animal}.]
   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.

Animate \An"i*mate\, a. [L. animatus, p. p.]
   Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively.

         The admirable structure of animate bodies. --Bentley.

資料來源 : WordNet®

animate
     v 1: heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the
          imagination" [syn: {inspire}, {invigorate}, {enliven}, {exalt}]
     2: give life-like qualities to; "animated cartoons" [syn: {animize},
         {animise}]
     3: make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit" [syn: {enliven},
         {liven}, {liven up}, {invigorate}] [ant: {deaden}]
     4: 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}]

animate
     adj 1: belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings;
            "the word `dog' is animate" [ant: {inanimate}]
     2: endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life;
        "we are animate beings" [ant: {inanimate}]
     3: endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the
        living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's
        stage"- T.E.Lawrence [syn: {sentient}] [ant: {insentient}]