Animate and Keep

Animate

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

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

Keep

Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.

Animate and keep are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Animate" instead a verb "Keep".

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

character animate character keep character
people animate people keep people
show animate show keep show
house animate house keep house
Other words: characters, hair, hands, eyes.

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Doctor Mordrid Fossil Revival: During the climax, Kabal animates a Tyrannosaurus skeleton to keep Mordid from interfering with his ritual, prompting Mordrid to animate a mammoth skeleton to counter it.
  • Webcomic / The Fourth Animate Inanimate Object: The ghosts of Skarva's keep can possess swords, pots, and the like.
  • Tabletop Game / Ravenloft Animate Dead: Spells that do this are much more powerful in Ravenloft, however, undead are also significantly harder to keep under control.
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