different between animate vs sharpen

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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Translations

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

From Middle English scharpenen, scharpnen, equivalent to sharp +? -en.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /????p?n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)p?n

Verb

sharpen (third-person singular simple present sharpens, present participle sharpening, simple past and past participle sharpened)

1. (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To make sharp.
   • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France

     He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill.
2. (intransitive) To become sharp.

Synonyms

• hone (figurative sense)
• whet

Antonyms

• blunt
• blur

Derived terms

• sharpener

Translations

Anagrams

• Hapners, pherans