animation

The act of animating, or giving life or spirit.

[…] by the animation of the same soul quickening that whole frame.

A sequence of still drawings or inanimate objects displayed in rapid succession to create the illusion of movement in motion pictures or computer graphics; the object (film, computer game, etc.) produced

The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness

He recited the story with great animation.

The condition of being animate or alive.

Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I possess of animation.

conversion from the inanimate to animate grammatical category

"The constraints are not so hard and fast that exceptional sentences do not occur. In particular animation and disanimation can temporarily suspend the system."