Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Susceptible of animation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Capable of being put into
life or receivinganimation .
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Examples
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'Dear Creeten -- As you are the animable hopjack of my contemplayshins, your aydear is infernally skimming before my keymerycal fansee, when Murfy sends his puppies to the heys of slipping mortals; and when Febus shines from his merry dying throne; whereupon I shall canseif old time has lost his pinners, as also cubit his harrows, until thou enjoy sweet propose in the loafseek harms of thy very faithfool to commend,
The Adventures of Roderick Random Tobias George Smollett 1746
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‘Dear Creeten — As you are the animable hopjack of my contemplayshins, your aydear is infernally skimming before my keymerycal fansee, when Murfy sends his puppies to the heys of slipping mortals; and when Febus shines from his merry dying throne; whereupon I shall canseif old time has lost his pinners, as also cubit his harrows, until thou enjoy sweet propose in the loafseek harms of thy very faithfool to commend,
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