To give life to; make alive; make lively or vigorous; give motion to.
To give an image or cartoon character the appearance of movement using
animation techniques.
Etymology (EN): From L. animatus p.p. of animare “give breath to,” also
“to endow with a particular spirit, to give courage to,”
from anima “life, breath” L. animus “soul, spirit,”
anima “breeze, breath, soul;” Goth. uz-anan “to exhale;”
Gk. anemos “wind;”
PIE root *ane- “to blow, to breathe;” cognate with Pers. jân “vital spirit,
soul, mind,” as below.
Etymology (PE): Farhanidan, from far- perfection prefix + han
variant of jân “vital spirit, soul;” hen o hen “to pant;”
Lori, Kurd., henâs, henâsa “breath,” henowša
“panting;” Mid.Pers. (+ prefix *ui-) gyân “(breathing) soul,”
gyânig “spiritual, vital;” Av. viiānayā “spirit(ness);”
Proto-Iranian *HanH- “to breathe” cf. Skt. ani- “to breathe,” aniti
“breathes;” Gk. and L., as above, + -idan infinitive suffix.
