animate

verb

• 1bring to life:Prometheus stole fire from heaven to animate his clay men
• give inspiration, encouragement, or renewed vigour to:she has animated the government with a sense of political direction

• 2give (a film or character) the appearance of movement using animation techniques: much-loved characters have been animated in this Franco-Canadian co-production

adjective

• alive or having life:gods in a wide variety of forms, both animate and inanimate