Animation is the interpolation of dissimilar frames over a finite period.

Animate may also refer to:

• Animate noun or animacy, a grammatical category
• Animate (retailer), a Japanese anime retailer
• "Animate" (song), by Rush
• "Animate", a song by Northlane from their 2015 album Node
• Adobe Animate, an animation program created by Adobe Systems

• Animism, the idea spirits exist in natural phenomena