animate
verb
• bring to life.
• "Prometheus stole fire from heaven to animate his clay men"
• give (a film or character) the appearance of movement using animation techniques.
• "much-loved characters have been animated in this Franco-Canadian co-production"
animate
adjective
• alive or having life.
• "gods in a wide variety of forms, both animate and inanimate"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin animat- ‘instilled with life’, from the verb animare, from anima ‘life, soul’.
