The act of animating, or giving life or spirit.

plural of animation

Of or relating to animals. / Raw, base, unhindered by social codes. / Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation. / (slang, Ireland) Excellent

(sciences) A eukaryote of the clade Animalia; a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).

Alternative spelling of animé, the resin of the courbaril.

(uncountable) An artistic style originating in, and associated with, Japanese animation, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of animated works from other countries.

That which lives. / Possessing the quality or ability of motion. / Dynamic, energetic.

(transitive) To impart motion or the appearance of motion to. / (transitive) To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit.

Full of life or spirit; lively; vigorous; spritely. / Endowed with life. / Composed of inanimate objects or drawings that appear to move through the use of computer graphics or stop-action filming.

simple past tense and past participle of animate