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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Yet no issue has animated locals quite like the Quidnessett seawall, which has spawned tense hearings, lawsuits, countersuits, investigations and a boycott.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
And more importantly, she fostered a way of being that has animated my entire adult life.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2025
The mystery of the clock’s provenance — could it possibly be the real deal? — has animated his life for years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 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
In that winter was born the spirit that has animated San Francisco ever since, and that so nobly and cheerfully met the final great trial of the earthquake and fire of 1906.
From The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado by White, Stewart Edward
