different between animate vs comfort

English

Etymology

From Old English animate, from Latin animatus, past participle of animare (“to fill with breath, quicken, encourage, animate”), from anima (“breath”); see anima.

Pronunciation

• Adjective:
  • enPR: ?n'?m?t, ?n'?m?t, IPA^(key): /?æ.n?.m?t/, /?æ.n?.m?t/
• Verb:
  • enPR: ?n'?m?t, ?n'?m?t IPA^(key): /?æ.n?.me?t/, /?æ.n?.me?t/

Adjective

animate (comparative more animate, superlative most animate)

1. That which lives.
2. Possessing the quality or ability of motion.
3. Dynamic, energetic.

4. (grammar, of a noun or pronoun) Having a referent that includes a human, animal, plant or other entity which is considered alive.

5. (grammar) Inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun.

Synonyms

• (that which lives): alive, living, vital; see also Thesaurus:alive
• (quality or ability of motion): astir, dynamic, kinetic, motile
• (dynamic, energetic): lively, perky, vivacious; see also Thesaurus:active

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Verb

animate (third-person singular simple present animates, present participle animating, simple past and past participle animated)

1. (transitive) To impart motion or the appearance of motion to.

2. (transitive) To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit.

   • The more to animate the people, he stood on high […] and cried unto them with a loud voice.

Synonyms

• (to give spirit or vigour to): enliven, vitalise; see also Thesaurus:enliven

Derived terms

• animator, animater
• animatrix

Related terms

• animation
• animatrice

Translations

Anagrams

• amentia, aminate, metania

Esperanto

Adverb

animate

1. present adverbial passive participle of animi

Italian

Verb

animate

1. second-person plural present indicative of animare
2. second-person plural imperative of animare
3. feminine plural of animato

Anagrams

• amenità, anatemi, emanati

Latin

Verb

anim?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of anim?

Middle English

Alternative forms

• animat

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anim?tus, past participle of anim?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ani?ma?t/

Adjective

animate

1. Animate, alive; showing the signs or symptoms of life.
2. Related to the soul or spirit of a living being (i.e. sentience or sapience).

Descendants

• English: animate
• Scots: ainimate

References

• “anim?t, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-17.

English

Etymology

The verb is from Middle English conforten, from Old French conforter, from Late Latin confort? (“to strengthen greatly”), itself from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”).

The noun is from Middle English confort, from Old French cunfort, confort, from the stem of Late Latin confort?. It replaced Old English frofor, Middle English frovre.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?m.f?t/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /?k?m.f?t/
• (General American) enPR: k?m'f?rt, IPA^(key): /?k?m.f?t/, [?k???.f?t]
• (obsolete) enPR: k?mfôrt', IPA^(key): /k?m?f??t/

Noun

comfort (countable and uncountable, plural comforts)

1. Contentment, ease.

2. Something that offers comfort.

3. A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry.

4. A cause of relief or satisfaction.

Synonyms

• liss

Antonyms

• (contentment, ease): austerity

Translations

Verb

comfort (third-person singular simple present comforts, present participle comforting, simple past and past participle comforted)

1. (transitive) To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to.
2. (transitive) To make comfortable. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. (obsolete) To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)

   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     God's own testimony […] doth not a little comfort and confirm the same.

4. (obsolete) To assist or help; to aid.

Synonyms

• besoothe

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch confoort, from Old French confort.

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /k?m?f??r/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /k?m?f?r(t)/
• Hyphenation: com?fort

Noun

comfort n (plural comforts, diminutive comfortje n)

1. Physical comfort, ease.

Derived terms

• comfortabel
• ligcomfort
• rijcomfort
• zitcomfort