[a. L. animātor, n. of agent f. animā-re: see ANIMATE.] He who, or that which, animates, quickens, enlivens or inspires.
1635. Heywood, Hierarch., I. Argt. 3. Of all that liue sole Animator.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep. (1650), 44. Bodies … conform themselves to situations, wherein they best unite unto their Animator.
1836. Landor, Pericles & Aspasia, Wks. 1846, II. 428. The nobler animators of this frame, the flesh and blood.
