Something that is animate has life, in contrast to things like stones and machines which do not.
例句
...all aspects of the material world, animate and inanimate.物質世界的方方面面，包括有生命的和無生命的
VERB
使有生氣；使活潑；激勵；鼓舞
To animate something means to make it lively or more cheerful.
例句
There was precious little about the cricket to animate the crowd...板球比賽能激起觀眾熱情的地方很少。The girls watched, little teasing smiles animating their faces.女孩們注視著，臉上掛著調皮的微笑，顯得愈加活潑。