Animate and Cast

Animate

Animate verb - To give life, vigor, or spirit to.

Cast and animate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Cast" instead a verb "Animate".

Cast

Cast verb - To throw or give off.

Animate and cast are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Animate" instead a verb "Cast".

Nearby Words: casting, castled, caster

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

people animate people cast people
part animate part cast part
shadow animate shadow cast shadow
characters animate characters cast characters
Other words: shadows.

Both words in one sentence

  • Animate Inanimate Object Wizards (and Clerics with the Chaos domain) in Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 can cast the spell animate object.
  • Live-Action Adaptation Of course, the non-human characters will be CGI, since the original series had a cast of animate objects and funny animals.
  • Stock Dinosaurs Curiously, the sequels have a friendly Tyrannosaur and have featured popular (or fun to animate) recently-discovered animals in the cast as well.
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