1. Giving spirit and vivacity
   "Students will test their knowledge of object motion by viewing animating sequences of pictures that model a set of physical conditions";
   - enlivening

1. Bring to life or give life to
   "The sculptor seemed to animate the stone"
    
2. Give new life or energy to
   "The pep talk animated the discouraged team";
   - recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify
    
3. Make lively
   "The music animated the party atmosphere";
   - enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate
    
4. Heighten or intensify
   "These paintings animate the imagination";
   - inspire, invigorate, enliven, exalt
    
5. Create animated films or cartoons
   "Disney animated many classic fairy tales"; "They animated the film using stop-motion techniques"

See also: invigorating

Type of: alter, arouse, brace, change, energise [Brit], energize, excite, modify, perk up, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir

Encyclopedia: Animating