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Webster 1913 Edition
Animated
An′i-maˊted
,Adj.
Endowed with life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous.
“Animated sounds.” Pope.
“Animated bust.” Gray.
“Animated descriptions.” Lewis.
Webster 1828 Edition
Animated
AN'IMATED
, pp.1.
Being endowed with anima life, as the various classes of animated beings.2.
a. Lively; vigorous; full of spirit; indicating animation; as an animated discourse.