To give life or spirit to something; to make something animate, alive, or conscious in quality or appearance.
From Latin 'anima' (soul, life) + -ize (to make or cause to be). A relatively rare verb formation, used primarily in philosophical or poetic contexts.
To animize something is to breathe life into it—which is exactly what artists, writers, and animators do when they create! The word captures that magical moment when the inanimate becomes felt as alive.
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