animate
verb (used with object)
to give life to; make alive.
has animated
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present perfectof animate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Lee’s crusade has animated a fiery debate in the dog-training world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
What has animated us has been we want to defy the naysayers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2025
Now, he appears willing to use that power to change the way the US conducts trade policy – an issue that has animated him for more than four decades.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2025
A strong sense of fairness has animated America’s most successful social movements.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2024
When an eloquent fit has been upon me, an apt gesture and a proper cadence has animated each sentence, and gazing crowds have found their passions worked up into rage, or soothed into a calm.
From History of English Humour, Vol. 2 by Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange
