Animate and Lighten

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Animate

Animate verb - To give life, vigor, or spirit to.
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Lighten and animate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lighten" instead a verb "Animate".
Nearby Words: animated, animation, animal, animating, animator

Lighten

Lighten verb - To become glad or hopeful.
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Animate and lighten are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Animate" instead a verb "Lighten".
Nearby Words: light, lightly, lightness, lighter, lightening

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people animate people lighten people
scene animate scene lighten scene
hair animate hair lighten hair
weapon animate weapon lighten weapon

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  • Analysis / Friendship Is Magic: Background Ponies This is far less resource-consuming than having to manually draw and animate each background character over and over again just to fill a crowd, something that usually leads to shortcuts such as "blobs" of crowds to lighten the work load.
    Source: Analysis / Friendship Is Magic: Background Ponies
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