1. [adj]  endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence
2. [adj]  endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life; "we are animate beings"
3. [adj]  (linguistics) belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings; "the word `dog' is animate"
4. [adj]  relating to animal life as distinct from plant life; "animate life"
5. [v]  give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
6. [v]  make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit"
7. [v]  give life-like qualities to; "animated cartoons"
8. [v]  heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination"

ANIMATE is a 7 letter word that starts with A.

1. \An"i*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Animated}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Animating}.] [L. animatus, p. p. of animare, fr.
   anima breath, soul; akin to animus soul, mind, Gr. ? wind,
   Skr. an to breathe, live, Goth. us-anan to expire (us- out),
   Icel. ["o]nd breath, anda to breathe, OHG. ando anger. Cf.
   {Animal}.]
   1. To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as,
      the soul animates the body.
   2. To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of;
      as, to animate a lyre. --Dryden.
   3. To give spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to
      inspirit; to rouse; to enliven.
            The more to animate the people, he stood on high . .
            . and cried unto them with a loud voice. --Knolles.
   Syn: To enliven; inspirit; stimulate; exhilarate; inspire;
        instigate; rouse; urge; cheer; prompt; incite; quicken;
        gladden.
   

2. \An"i*mate\, a. [L. animatus, p. p.]
   Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively.
         The admirable structure of animate bodies. --Bentley.