animate – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of animate

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to animate
Participle: animated
Gerund: animating

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ianimate
youanimate
he;she;itanimates
weanimate
youanimate
theyanimate

Perfect

Ihave animated
youhave animated
he;she;ithas animated
wehave animated
youhave animated
theyhave animated

Past

Ianimated
youanimated
he;she;itanimated
weanimated
youanimated
theyanimated

Pluperfect

Ihad animated
youhad animated
he;she;ithad animated
wehad animated
youhad animated
theyhad animated

Future

Iwill animate
youwill animate
he;she;itwill animate
wewill animate
youwill animate
theywill animate

Future Perfect

Iwill have animated
youwill have animated
he;she;itwill have animated
wewill have animated
youwill have animated
theywill have animated

Subjunctive

Present

Ianimate
youanimate
he;she;itanimate
weanimate
youanimate
theyanimate

Perfect

Ihave animated
youhave animated
he;she;ithave animated
wehave animated
youhave animated
theyhave animated

Imperfect

Ianimated
youanimated
he;she;itanimated
weanimated
youanimated
theyanimated

Pluperfect

Ihad animated
youhad animated
he;she;ithad animated
wehad animated
youhad animated
theyhad animated

Conditional

Present

Iwould animate
youwould animate
he;she;itwould animate
wewould animate
youwould animate
theywould animate

Perfect

Iwould have animated
youwould have animated
he;she;itwould have animated
wewould have animated
youwould have animated
theywould have animated

Imperative

youanimate
weLet's animate
youanimate

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam animating
youare animating
he;she;itis animating
weare animating
youare animating
theyare animating

Perfect

Ihave been animating
youhave been animating
he;she;ithas been animating
wehave been animating
youhave been animating
theyhave been animating

Past

Iwas animating
youwere animating
he;she;itwas animating
wewere animating
youwere animating
theywere animating

Pluperfect

Ihad been animating
youhad been animating
he;she;ithad been animating
wehad been animating
youhad been animating
theyhad been animating

Future

Iwill be animating
youwill be animating
he;she;itwill be animating
wewill be animating
youwill be animating
theywill be animating

Future Perfect

Iwill have been animating
youwill have been animating
he;she;itwill have been animating
wewill have been animating
youwill have been animating
theywill have been animating

Conditional

Present

Iwould be animating
youwould be animating
he;she;itwould be animating
wewould be animating
youwould be animating
theywould be animating

Perfect

Iwould have been animating
youwould have been animating
he;she;itwould have been animating
wewould have been animating
youwould have been animating
theywould have been animating

Other

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to give spirit or vigour to
enliven
to suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure
awaken, call up, electrify, encourage, enflame, enkindle, enliven, enthrill, exagitate, excite, exhilarate, exsuscitate, fillip, fire, fire the blood, foment, galvanise, gin up, inflame, inspirit, intoxicate, invigorate, kindle, liven, liven up, pique, provoke, quicken, rouse, sharpen, stimulate, stir, stir the blood, stir up, stoke, suscitate, thrill, vitalize, wake, warm the blood, whet, work up
to cause to become more lively and energetic
beghast, brighten, energize, enliven, enthuse, exalt, excite, ginger up, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, jazz, liven, liven up, perk up, quicken, spice, spice up, vitalise
enliven
activate, quicken, energize, vitalize, vivify
encourage
cheer, hearten, inspire, inspirit, fortify, waken, inform
excite
invigorate, buoy, stimulate, arouse, exhilarate, elevate, rouse, fire

Antonyms

enliven
depress, dispirit, dampen, darken
encourage
discourage, dishearten, dissuade, deter
excite
calm, compose, appease, assuage

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. 1538, "to fill with boldness or courage,"from L. animatus pp. of animare "give breath to," from anima "life, breath" (see animus). The adj. meaning "alive" is from 1605. Animated "full of activity" is from 1585. In ref. to "moving pictures" it dates from 1895; animation in the cinematographic sense is from 1912.
2. From Middle English animat(e), from Latin animātus, perfect passive participle of animō (“to fill with breath, quicken, encourage, animate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from anima (“soul, spirit, breath”); see anima. The verb derives from the adjective, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Verbs referencing "animate"

Ido animar, Finnish with old forms animoida, Welsh animeiddio.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] on to the front seat,—senator's hat is jammed over his eyes and nose quite unceremoniously, and he considers himself fairly extinguished; — child cries, and Cudjoe on the outside delivers animated addresses to the horses, who are kicking, and floundering, and straining under repeated cracks of the whip. Carriage springs up, with another bounce,—down go the hind wheels,—senator, woman, and [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] that afternoon, and had sat raised in her bed, and looked over all her little trinkets and precious things, and designated the friends to whom she would have them given; and her manner was more animated, and her voice more natural, than they had known it for weeks. Her father had been in, in the evening, and had said that Eva appeared more like her former self than ever she had done since her [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • The hunt was long, animated, and thorough, but unsuccessful; and, with grave, ironic exultation, Cassy looked down on Legree, as, weary and dispirited, he alighted from his horse. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)