(1):

(a.) Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively.

(2):

(v. t.) To give spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to inspirit; to rouse; to enliven.

(3):

(v. t.) To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.

(4):

(v. t.) To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre.