animate
verb (used with object)
to give life to; make alive.
animacy
-
a word derived from
animate.
Example Sentences
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In England during the Reformation it was not only the altars that were stripped, but also sites in the landscape which were associated with animacy.
From Salon ● May 28, 2025
Other scientists argue that pareidolia is the result of a natural human tendency called "anthropomorphism" to project human-ness or animacy onto the inanimate world.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2022
Whatever speck of animacy danced inside a fly, it was imperfectly drawn from its lowly genesis in muck, or smoldering waste.
From New York Times ● May 28, 2021
