The adjective is pronounced /ænɪmət/. The verb is pronounced /ænɪmeɪt/.
( animating, animated)
1.
Something that is animate has life, in contrast to things like stones and machines which do not.
...all aspects of the material world, animate and inanimate.
= living
ADJ
2.
To animate something means to make it lively or more cheerful.
The girls watched, little teasing smiles animating their faces.
= enliven
VERB : V n