Animated

adj. alive; lively, dynamic, vigorous, energetic; functioning in a way that resembles a live being (especially regarding animated cartoon characters)

v. make alive; arouse; inspire; excite

The bouncing ball animation (below) consists of these 6 frames. This animation moves at 10 frames per second.Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. It is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in a number of ways. The most common method of presenting animation is as a motion picture or video program, although several other forms of presenting animation also exist.
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Adjective
1. having life or vigor or spirit; "an animated and expressive face"; "animated conversation"; "became very animated when he heard the good news"
(synonym) alive
(antonym) unanimated
(similar) enlivened, spirited
2. made to appear to move as living creatures do; "an animated cartoon"; "animated puppets"
(similar) moving

Verb
1. heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination"
(synonym) inspire, invigorate, enliven, exalt
(hypernym) stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
(hyponym) encourage
2. give life-like qualities to; "animated cartoons"
(synonym) animize, animise
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(derivation) animator
3. make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit"
(synonym) enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate
(hypernym) stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up
(hyponym) jazz up, juice up, pep up, ginger up
(derivation) energizer, energiser, vitalizer, vitaliser, animator
4. give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
(synonym) recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify
(hypernym) stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up
(verb-group) come to, revive, resuscitate
Adjective
1. belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings; "the word `dog' is animate"
(antonym) inanimate
(classification) linguistics
2. endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life; "we are animate beings"
(antonym) inanimate, nonliving, dead
(attribute) animateness, aliveness, liveness
3. endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence
(synonym) sentient
(similar) sensate
(attribute) sentience

(imp. & p. p.)
of Animate
  

(a.)
Endowed with life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous.
  

Synonyms and related words:
aboveground, activated, active, activist, activistic, actuated, acute, aggressive, alert, alive, alive and kicking, all agog, among the living, animate, antic, anxious, ardent, automated, avid, bouncing, bouncy, breathing, breathless, breezy, brisk, bubbly, bursting to, cant, capable of life, capersome, chipper, coltish, conscious, desirous, dynamic, eager, ebullient, effervescent, endowed with life, energetic, energized, enlivened, enterprising, enthusiastic, excited, exhilarated, existent, exuberant, fervent, forceful, forcible, forward, frisky, frolicsome, full of beans, full of go, full of life, full of pep, gamesome, gay, go-go, hearty, high-spirited, impassioned, impatient, impelled, impetuous, in the flesh, incisive, inclined, inner-directed, inspirited, instinct with life, intense, invigorated, keen, kinetic, lifelike, live, lively, living, long-lived, lusty, mechanical, mercurial, mettlesome, militant, minded, motivated, moved, moving, other-directed, panting, passionate, peppy, perky, pert, playful, prompt, prompted, quick, quicksilver, raring to, ready, ready and willing, reanimated, recharged, recreated, refreshed, renewed, revived, robust, rollicking, rollicksome, rompish, skittish, smacking, snappy, spanking, spirited, sportive, sprightly, spry, stimulated, strenuous, strong, take-charge, take-over, tenacious of life, trenchant, very much alive, viable, vibrant, vigorous, vital, vivacious, vivid, vivified, zestful, zesty, zingy, zippy, zoetic