Clues for the word "ANIMATE"
We've had 70 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 166 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Daily crossword on February 08, 2026.
Definition of animate
- v. t. - To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.
- v. t. - To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre.
- v. t. - To give spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to inspirit; to rouse; to enliven.
- a. - Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively.
Referring Clues
- Spark
- Provide pizazz
- Pep up
- Fire
- Work for Warner Bros., maybe
- Not dead
- Energize
- Turn into cartoon form
- Enliven
- Give life to
- Perk up
- Get moving
- Inspirit
- Create a flip book, say
- Lively
- Get things moving
- Work on a Pixar movie
- Give motion to
- Bring to life
- Live
- Living
- Create cels
- Bring Pinocchio to life, e.g.
- Stir up
- Put into cartoon form
- Do cartoon work
- Do cartooning
- Make lively
- Do some cartooning
- Make move
- Give energy
- Produce, as cartoons
- Work creating cels
- Zip up
- Make Mighty Mouse move
- Liven up
- Make cartoons move
- Work on cartoons
- Do a Disney job
- Bring to life, as cartoons
- Galvanize
- Give inspiration to
- I meant a change to liven things up
- Revive cannibal's victim, as Spooner might 'ave said
- Inspire
- Tie a man in knots as you produce the action
- Make a cartoon about terrorists capturing former African dictator
- Breathe life into
- Enliven - draw for cartoon
- Breathing
- Vitalize
- Bird 20 to cause a stir?
- Make move, as Mickey
- Inspire resolve in a team
- At sea I ate man alive
- Living in caravan, I'm a tearaway
- Enliven a friend from Ulster?
- Fire a colleague from Belfast?
- Mischief-maker follows a game live
- Inspire a Northern Ireland colleague
- Do some work at Pixar
- Make a cartoon of
- Bring life to
- Make move, as a cartoon
- Work on a DreamWorks movie, maybe
- Tie a man in knots with lively effect?
- Do some video game design, say
- Create a cartoon
- Work at Pixar, perhaps
- Work at Studio Ghibli, maybe
Last Seen In
- Mirror Daily - February 08, 2026
- Daily American - January 17, 2026
- Mirror Daily - November 04, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 11, 2025
- Daily American - June 09, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 26, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - April 16, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 17, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - February 18, 2025
- USA Today - February 11, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - February 05, 2025
- USA Today - January 30, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 20, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - January 19, 2025
- Daily American - January 11, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 25, 2024
- USA Today - November 02, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 01, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 29, 2024
- LA Times - August 06, 2024
- New York Times - July 07, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - July 03, 2024
- Daily American - June 29, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - June 28, 2024
- Mirror Daily - June 19, 2024
- LA Times - June 17, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 27, 2024
- Daily American - February 22, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - February 15, 2024
- Daily American - January 17, 2024
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