animise

Questions about animise

What does animise mean?

animise means "give lifelike qualities to".

How many syllables are in animise?

animise has 3 syllables and divides as a-ni-mise under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for animise?

Close synonyms include animize, animate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is animise a common word?

animise is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.