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Animation: Definition and part of speech

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Animation

  1. n. The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness; as, he recited the story with great animation.
  2. n. The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Anime: Definition and part of speech

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Anime

  1. n. A resin exuding from a tropical American tree (Hymenaea courbaril), and much used by varnish makers.
  2. a. Of a different tincture from the animal itself; — said of the eyes of a rapacious animal.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Animism: Definition and part of speech

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Animism

  1. n. The belief that inanimate objects and the phenomena of nature are endowed with personal life or a living soul; also, in an extended sense, the belief in the existence of soul or spirit apart from matter.
  2. n. The doctrine, taught by Stahl, that the soul is the proper principle of life and development in the body.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.