as in stimulates
to give life, vigor, or spirit to
Mr. Clark animates history for his sixth graders by frequently showing up for class dressed like some famous historical figure
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Recent Examples of animates
The hotel’s immersive aesthetic is the work of Venu Juneja, the art and design consultant whose vision animates every corner of the property without crowding it.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Drop a keyframe on the timeline, set the angle of view, move forward, and add another keyframe with a different view; the Studio software smoothly animates between the two.
—Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026
The game opens up all stages of her personal expression, and being able to showcase different sides animates her manner.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
The same plurality animates the city’s culinary life.
—Mina Al-Oraibi, Time, 14 Apr. 2026
The album thrives on the same balance of adolescent naivete and angst that animates foundational cloud rap releases like Lean’s Unknown Death 2002 and Lil B’s 6 Kiss.
—Billie Bugara, Pitchfork, 1 Apr. 2026
Such an ideology animates Justine Bateman and her No AI Film Festival and many others in their camp.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026
Those experiences sparked enduring interest in a question that animates my work as a personality psychologist.
—Eranda Jayawickreme, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026
In doing so, Jones gives the novel the same sense of inevitable tragedy that animates Wharton’s books.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Drop a keyframe on the timeline, set the angle of view, move forward, and add another keyframe with a different view; the Studio software smoothly animates between the two.
—Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026
The game opens up all stages of her personal expression, and being able to showcase different sides animates her manner.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
The same plurality animates the city’s culinary life.
—Mina Al-Oraibi, Time, 14 Apr. 2026
The album thrives on the same balance of adolescent naivete and angst that animates foundational cloud rap releases like Lean’s Unknown Death 2002 and Lil B’s 6 Kiss.
—Billie Bugara, Pitchfork, 1 Apr. 2026
Such an ideology animates Justine Bateman and her No AI Film Festival and many others in their camp.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026
Those experiences sparked enduring interest in a question that animates my work as a personality psychologist.
—Eranda Jayawickreme, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026
In doing so, Jones gives the novel the same sense of inevitable tragedy that animates Wharton’s books.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for animates
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Moisture Moist soil holds heat better than dry soil, and the combination of heat and moisture is what stimulates seeds to sprout.—
Barbara Gillette,
The Spruce,
20 Apr. 2026
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Fortunately, certain types of mushrooms are exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light during or after harvesting, which stimulates vitamin D production in the mushrooms.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
6 Apr. 2026
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More than three devices is considered a cluster that arouses interest.—
Carolyn Forché,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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That intense scarcity arouses a FOMO among very wealthy car lovers that allows Ferrari to charge prices like $250,000 for one of its entry-level cars, and $3 million for a hypercar like its F80.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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