Animate and Drive

Animate

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

Usage example: Mr. Clark animates history for his sixth graders by frequently showing up for class dressed like some famous historical figure

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

Drive verb - To urge, push, or force onward.

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Animate and drive are semantically related in move or urge on topic. Sometimes you can use "Animate" instead a verb "Drive".

Nearby Words: driving, driven, driver, driveway

character	animate character	drive character
people	animate people	drive people
part	animate part	drive part
characters	animate characters	drive characters
Other words: vehicle, van, ships.

Another variation of the animation glitch is actually quite a bit worse; you can't move a creature in Test Drive without using the mouse, none of the animations function (not even abilities will animate), leaving the creature with only idle and walking animations to use.

Source: Video Game / Spore

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