Crossword clues for animating
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Animating \An"i*ma"ting\, a.
Causing animation; life-giving; inspiriting; rousing.
``Animating cries.''
--Pope. -- An"i*ma`ting*ly, adv.
Animate \An"i*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Animated; p. pr. & vb. n. Animating.] [L. animatus, p. p. of animare, fr. anima breath, soul; akin to animus soul, mind, Gr. ? wind, Skr. an to breathe, live, Goth. us-anan to expire (us- out), Icel. ["o]nd breath, anda to breathe, OHG. ando anger. Cf. Animal.]
To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.
To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre.
--Dryden.-
To give spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to inspirit; to rouse; to enliven.
The more to animate the people, he stood on high . . . and cried unto them with a loud voice.
--Knolles.Syn: To enliven; inspirit; stimulate; exhilarate; inspire; instigate; rouse; urge; cheer; prompt; incite; quicken; gladden.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of animate English)
WordNet
adj. giving spirit and vivacity [syn: enlivening]
Usage examples of "animating".
The animating power, they believe, is destroyed, and the body returns to the dust.
Its waste is a wanton expenditure, which robs the blood of its richness and exhausts the body of its animating powers.
I had the feeling I was watching a puppeteer perfect his moves, animating the figure in a more lifelike way.
This came practically to saying that protoplasm was God Almighty, who, of all the forms open to Him, had chosen this singularly unattractive one as the channel through which to make Himself manifest in the flesh by taking our nature upon Him, and animating us with His own Spirit.