animate

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Another way to animate is to use your 3D application's built-in physics engines, such as when your scene requires that objects fall.

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  1. transitive verb To give life to; fill with life.
  2. transitive verb To impart interest or zest to; enliven: "The party was animated by all kinds of men and women” (René Dubos).
  3. transitive verb To fill with spirit, courage, or resolution; encourage. See Synonyms at encourage.

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  • Her facial features had become both clear and animate, her body strong. —  Dragon on a Pedestal
  • Unlike other jQuery functions, animations are automatically queued, so if you want to run a second animation once the first is finished then just call the animate method twice, no callback necessary. —  The Daily Whim
  • Another way to animate is to use your 3D application's built-in physics engines, such as when your scene requires that objects fall. —  WebReference News
  • Cf. Brett, p. 375. So Leland, p. 3: "The Indian m'tжoulin_, or magician, distinctly taught that every created thing, animate or inanimate, had its indwelling spirit. —  The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology
  • They made no attempt to re-animate the statue 31] Naudé, Apologie des Grands Hommes accusés de Magie chap. —  Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
 

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animate:   animated ·  animates
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Latin animāre, animāt-, from anima, soul; see anə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin animatus, past participle of animare, fill with breath, quicken, encourage, animate, from anima, breath: see anima.
  2. from Latin animatus, past participle: see the verb.
 

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/ˈænɪmət/
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