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adj. - Giving spirit and vivacity.

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  • Should I succeed in animating it, Life and Death would appear to me as ideal bounds, which I shall break through and pour a torrent of light into our dark world.
  • It was then that we came up with the idea of animating the robberies.
  • Plus, I've come to realize that I'm not passionate about animating, which is a big focus in my major.
  • Also the idea of animating 'silent' photocopies of a face smushed up against the glass of a photocopier to make it appear as though they are singing was part of the idea ..
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