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Definition of Animated
1. Adjective. Having life or vigor or spirit. "Became very animated when he heard the good news"
Similar to: Enlivened, Spirited, Full Of Life, Lively, Vital, Reanimated, Revived
Derivative terms: Aliveness
Antonyms: Unanimated
2. Adjective. Made to appear to move as living creatures do. "Animated puppets"
Definition of Animated
1. a. Endowed with life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous.
Definition of Animated
1. Adjective. Endowed with life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous. Typically used in ''an animated discussion''. ¹
2. Verb. (past of animate) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Animated
1. animate [v] - See also: animate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Animated
Literary usage of Animated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"The happiness of this most happy day received its completion in the animated
contemplation of his worth which this comparison produced. Chapter ILF. ..."
2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... and who by the breath of his genius animated or re-created their several family
heroes into everlasting types of character; that I would ascribe the ..."
3. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1850)
"... And then after some ten days, as they find him animated and resolved, they
make use of him. The devil hath many such factors, many such engines, ..."