animate
verb (used with object)
to give life to; make alive.
has been animating
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present perfect progressiveof animate (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The life of the body it has been animating in past years was not of such a nature as to mature a healthy soul.
From Within the Temple of Isis by Wagner, Belle M.
