È un saggio , - disse Federigo , - che Dio vi dà per cattivarvi al suo servizio , per animarvi ad entrar risolutamente nella nuova vita in cui avrete tanto da disfare , tanto da riparare , tanto da piangere ! - Me sventurato ! - esclamò il signore , - quante , quante . . .cose , le quali non potrò se non piangere ! Ma almeno ne ho d'intraprese , d'appena avviate , che posso , se non altro , rompere a mezzo: una ne ho , che posso romper subito , disfare , riparare .(Manzoni-I Promessi sposi)<>
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Visitava i lazzeretti , per dar consolazione agl'infermi , e per animare i serventi ; scorreva la città , portando soccorsi ai poveri sequestrati nelle case , fermandosi agli usci , sotto le finestre , ad ascoltare i loro lamenti , a dare in cambio parole di consolazione e di coraggio .(Manzoni-I Promessi sposi)<>
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Arrivato accanto a Grixenda le prese il braccio , si uní alla fila delle danzatrici e parve davvero animare con la sua presenza il ballo: i piedi delle donne si mossero piú agili , riunendosi , strisciando , sollevandosi , i corpi si fecero piú molli , i visi brillarono di gioia .( Grazia Deledda - Canne al vento)
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* Ora questo mio nòcciolo interno deve dar vita a tutto , deve animare e tramutare quel che mi circonda , deve aiutarmi a tollerarlo . (G .Papini - Un uomo finito)<>
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* Chi tenta di smuoverlo , di animarlo , di incendiarlo , di rinnovarlo ed accrescerlo ha diritto — non alla riconoscenza di cui mi strafotto ora e sempre , ma alla libertà di parlare e di esistere . (G .Papini - Un uomo finito)<>
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animato
= participio passato di animare , dotato di anima , di vita<>
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avvivare
= verbo trans. dare la vita , rendere vivo dare vigore , animare , rendere più vivo<>
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movimentare
= verbo trans. animare, vivacizzare <>
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They could talk of nothing but officers; andMr. Bingley's large fortune, the mention of which gave animationto their mother, was worthless in their eyes when opposed to theregimentals of an ensign.<>
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Theevening conversation, when they were all assembled, had lost much ofits animation, and almost all its sense by the absence of Jane andElizabeth.<>
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It was an animating subject, and Mrs.<>
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And now nothingremains for me but to assure you in the most animated language of theviolence of my affection.<>
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Itgave her all the animation that her spirits could boast; for she was inno cheerful humour.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) It was an evening of no common delight to them all; the satisfaction ofMiss Bennet's mind gave a glow of such sweet animation to her face, asmade her look handsomer than ever.<>
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And how much moreinteresting did the spectacle become, when, starting into full lifeand animation, as a simultaneous call for 'Pickwick' burst from hisfollowers, that illustrious man slowly mounted into the Windsor chair,on which he had been previously seated, and addressed the club himselfhad founded.<>
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The streetspresent a lively and animated appearance, occasioned chiefly by theconviviality of the military.<>
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Mr. Snodgrass seized his friend's hand warmly, as he enthusiasticallyreplied, 'Not for worlds!'A thrill passed over Mr. Winkle's frame as the conviction that he hadnothing to hope from his friend's fears, and that he was destined tobecome an animated target, rushed forcibly upon him.<>
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We will,' was the animated cry of three voices.<>
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She lay bereftof animation for hours; and when life, look, and speech returned, hersenses had deserted her, and she raved wildly and furiously.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) The astonishment of the Pickwickians was so absorbing, and theperplexity of Mr. Pickwick was so extreme, that they might have remainedin exactly the same relative situations until the suspended animation ofthe lady was restored, had it not been for a most beautiful and touchingexpression of filial affection on the part of her youthful son.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) This was the figure that now started forward, and burst into an animatedtorrent of words.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) Whether Mr. Winkle was seized with a temporary attack of that speciesof insanity which originates in a sense of injury, or animated by thisdisplay of Mr. Weller's valour, is uncertain; but certain it is, thathe no sooner saw Mr. Grummer fall than he made a terrific onslaught ona small boy who stood next him; whereupon Mr. Snodgrass, in a trulyChristian spirit, and in order that he might take no one unawares,announced in a very loud tone that he was going to begin, and proceededto take off his coat with the utmost deliberation.<>
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Come, wake up, young dropsy!'But as young dropsy evinced no symptoms of returning animation, SamWeller sat himself down in front of the cart, and starting the old horsewith a jerk of the rein, jogged steadily on, towards the Manor Farm.<>
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The chief features in the still lifeof the street are green shutters, lodging-bills, brass door-plates, andbell-handles; the principal specimens of animated nature, the pot-boy,the muffin youth, and the baked-potato man.<>
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Mr. Alfred Jingle, without one spark of his old animation--with nothingeven of the dismal gaiety which he had assumed when Mr. Pickwickfirst stumbled on him in his misery--bowed low without speaking, and,motioning to Job not to follow him just yet, crept slowly away.<>
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Very true, Sir, there is not,' replied Lowten; and then, both masterand man pondered for a few seconds, with animated countenances, asif they were reflecting upon one of the most beautiful and ingeniousdiscoveries that the intellect of man had ever made.<>
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This morning,' said the old lady slowly--'this morning, she--She came back, ma'am, I suppose,' said Bob, with great animation.<>
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However, there helay, and I have heard my uncle say, many a time, that the man said whopicked him up that he was smiling as merrily as if he had tumbledout for a treat, and that after they had bled him, the first faintglimmerings of returning animation, were his jumping up in bed, burstingout into a loud laugh, kissing the young woman who held the basin,and demanding a mutton chop and a pickled walnut.<>
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The crimson flag was carefully tied in an erect positionto the rail of the dickey; and Mr. Samuel Weller, decorated with BobSawyer's hat, was seated in the centre thereof, discussing a twinsandwich, with an animated countenance, the expression of whichbetokened his entire and perfect approval of the whole arrangement.<>
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A game-cock in the stableyard,deprived of every spark of his accustomed animation, balanced himselfdismally on one leg in a corner; a donkey, moping with drooping headunder the narrow roof of an outhouse, appeared from his meditativeand miserable countenance to be contemplating suicide.<>
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He read, Sir,' rejoined Pott, laying his hand on Mr. Pickwick's knee,and looking round with a smile of intellectual superiority--'he read formetaphysics under the letter M, and for China under the letter C, andcombined his information, Sir!'Mr. Pott's features assumed so much additional grandeur at therecollection of the power and research displayed in the learnedeffusions in question, that some minutes elapsed before Mr. Pickwickfelt emboldened to renew the conversation; at length, as the editor'scountenance gradually relaxed into its customary expression of moralsupremacy, he ventured to resume the discourse by asking--'Is it fair to inquire what great object has brought you so far fromhome?That object which actuates and animates me in all my gigantic labours,Sir,' replied Pott, with a calm smile: 'my country's good.<>
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With these remarks, which were delivered in a much more animated andearnest manner than is usual in legal gentlemen, Perker drew his chairto his desk, and listened to Mr. Pickwick's recital of old Mr. Winkle'sobstinacy.<>
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The science of detection----"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) Father Brown snapped his fingers with the same animated annoyance.<>
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(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "As for the rest," he went on with increasing animation, "I knew fromthe very first words she said that she was not really being fair to thepoor Italian, with all her fine airs of frigid magnanimity.<>
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They all turned theirfaces in the same direction; and on every face there seemed to be thesame suspended animation.<>
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