animate
verb (used with object)
to give life to; make alive.
will animate
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future tenseof animate.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Whether the past is prologue, and what the past even means, will animate the contest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2024
I believe this moral quality will animate our defense of democracy more effectively than any utilitarian argument can.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2021
When a child puts the shapes together to form a shark, for example, it will animate on the projected display and swim around.
From The Verge ● Sep. 28, 2021
Instead, it will animate her emotional world and artistic legacy, using dance.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2020
Our little success will animate the king's party, and give it more éclat, perhaps, than it really merits.
From The Two Admirals by James Fenimore Cooper
