animate
has definitions from the field of linguistics
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[ verb ] heighten or intensify
Synonyms Examples "These paintings exalt the imagination" Used in print (John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)In reference_to Brown 's raid she wrote , `` though we are non-resistants and religiously believe it better to reform by moral and not by carnal weapons we know thee was anemated [ sic ] by the most generous and philanthropic motives '' . |
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[ adjective ] (linguistics) belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings
Examples "the word `dog' is animate" Used in print (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)Thus , the masculine animate infinitive dabhumaksanigalu'ahai , meaning to live , was , in the perfect_tense , ksu'u'peli'afo , and , in the future , mai'teipa . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
Synonyms Examples "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence Related terms |
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[ adjective ] endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life
Examples "we are animate beings" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] relating to animal life as distinct from plant life
Examples "animate life" Related terms |
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