animate
to bring to life or make lively
Root
- anim: mind or spirit
Other words with the anim root
- animosity: strong hostility
- animus: hostile feeling or motivating spirit
- equanimity: mental calmness and balance
- magnanimity: generosity of spirit
- magnanimous: generous and noble-spirited
- unanimous: fully agreed; of one mind
Anim carries life and spirit. To animate is to put spirit into something still.
The teacher's absurd example animated a sleepy room.