Hyphenation of animate

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word animate? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

an-i-mate

Definitions of animate:

1.	Heighten or intensify These paintings exalt the imagination
2.	Give lifelike qualities to Animated cartoons
3.	Make lively Let's liven up this room a bit
4.	Give new life or energy to A hot soup will revive me This will renovate my spirits This treatment repaired my health
5.	Belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings The word `dog' is animate
6.	Endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life We are animate beings
7.	Endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness The living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage- T.E.Lawrence

Synonyms of animate:

adj	animate
adj	animate
adj	sentient, sensate
verb	inspire, invigorate, enliven, exalt, stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
verb	animize, animise, change, alter, modify
verb	enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up
verb	recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify, stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.