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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1597|origins=la animo}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|animatio|t=an animating]], from the past participle stem of [[m|la|animo|alt=animāre|t=to give breath to; to give courage to]] (see [[animate]]),^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002) from [[m|la|anima|t=breath, life]], from PIE [[ine-pro|*h₂enh₁-|alt=*ane-|t=to breathe]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The action of imparting life: 1597 in the OED and MWU, the 1590s in Etymonline; this sense is now obsolete.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline) SOED and NODE record encouragement or inspiration from the mid-16th century.^(SOED 2002)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The state of being alive, vitality, is from 1615, the sense in ''suspended animation''.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) Liveliness of manner is from 1790, and enlivenment from 1818;^(OED 1989) NODE dates the sense ''liveliness'' from the early 19th century.^(NODE 1998) The making of moving cartoon pictures in film is from 1912,^(Etymonline) and computer animation followed.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1597 – imparting life.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1615 – vitality.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1790 – liveliness.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1912 – cartoon films.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The technique of making films in which drawings, models or computer images appear to move.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # An animated film; a [[cartoon]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Liveliness and energy; [[vivacity]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The state of being alive.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[claymation]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[animate]]

+ * [[animator]]

+ * [[animal]]

+ * [[animus]]

+ * [[inanimate]]

+ * [[unanimous]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}