animates
an-i-mates
verb
Inspires or makes something more lively and energetic.
"Her passion animates the whole team."
verb
Gives life or a lifelike quality to something.
"The artist animates clay figures."
Thesaurus
Synonyms: animize, animise, animate, vivify, revivify, quicken, renovate, repair, revive, reanimate, recreate, sensate
Antonyms: blunt, deaden, inanimate, insensate, insentient, non-living, nonliving