5 uses
(click/touch triangles for details)
1 —2 uses as in:
animate v. inanimate
Definition
alive; or (more rarely) an animal—not a plant; or (more rarely still) the degree to which as an animal feels and thinks
- I fancy the popular expectation of a heap of charred corpses was disappointed at this inanimate bulk.1.3 — Book 1 Chapter 3 — The Horsell Common (24% in)
- Dim and wonderful is the vision I have conjured up in my mind of life spreading slowly from this little seed bed of the solar system throughout the inanimate vastness of sidereal space.2.10 — Book 2 Chapter 10 — The Epilogue (73% in)
There are no more uses of "animate" flagged with this meaning in The War of the Worlds.
Typical Usage
(best examples)
? —3 uses
exact meaning not specified
- The fighting-machines were coordinated and animated to an extraordinary pitch, but nothing to compare with this.2.2 — Book 2 Chapter 2 — What We Saw from the Ruined House (21% in)
- It has air and water and all that is necessary for the support of animated existence.1.1 — Book 1 Chapter 1 — The Coming of the Martians (17% in)
- Most of them were excited and animated by their strange experience.1.14 — Book 1 Chapter 14 — In London (64% in)
There are no more uses of "animate" in The War of the Worlds.
Typical Usage
(best examples)