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(verb) give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me" |
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Synonyms: quicken, reanimate, recreate, revive, revivify, vivify |
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Related Words: arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate |
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(adjective) endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life; "we are animate beings"; "living creatures" |
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Antonyms: inanimate |
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(adjective) (linguistics) belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings; "the word `dog' is animate" |
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Antonyms: inanimate |
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(adjective) relating to animal life as distinct from plant life; "animate life" |
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(verb) make lively or spirited |
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Synonyms: enliven |
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Related Words: arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate |
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(adjective) endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence |
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Synonyms: sentient |
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(verb) give life-like qualities to; "animated cartoons" |
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Synonyms: animize |
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Related Words: alter, change |
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(verb) heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination" |
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Synonyms: enliven, exalt, inspire, invigorate |
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Related Words: encourage, excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir |
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(verb) make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit" |
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Synonyms: enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up |
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Related Words: arouse, brace, energise, energize, ginger up, inspirit, jazz up, juice up, pep up, perk up, spirit, spirit up, stimulate |
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