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animating

animating adjective: enlivening. Also the present participle and gerund of animate.

Adjective

animating (comparative more animating, superlative most animating)

  1. Enlivening.
    • He was a beloved brother indeed to me, and his letters have been very animating and strengthening to me in my great solitude.1862, Lydia Ann Barclay, A Selection from the Letters of Lydia Ann Barclay, page 432
    • The sport is excellent and most animating.1865, William Nelson Hutchinson, Dog breaking: the most expeditious, certain and easy method, page 46

Also used as

animating is also the present participle and gerund of animate.

Forms of animating

comparativemore animating
superlativemost animating

Words formed from animating

Questions about animating

What does animating mean?
Animating means enlivening.
What part of speech is animating?
Animating is an adjective.

Words near animating in the dictionary

  1. animateth
  2. animateur
  3. animateurs
  4. animatic
  5. animatics
  6. animating
  7. animatingly
  8. animation
  9. animation meme
  10. animation memes
  11. animation studio

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