Meaning : Belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings.
Example :
The word `dog' is animate.
Meaning : Endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life.
Example :
We are animate beings.
Not endowed with life.
The inorganic world is inanimate.Meaning : Endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness.
Example :
The living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage.
Synonyms : sentient
Devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation.
Insentient (or insensate) stone.Meaning : Heighten or intensify.
Example :
These paintings exalt the imagination.
Synonyms : enliven, exalt, inspire, invigorate